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Bibliograpliy  of  the  Official  Poblications 


CONTINENTAL  CONGRESS 


I  774 


COIXECTED    AND    AXXOTATED     BY 

PAUL     LEICESTER     FORD 

W 


BROOKLYN,     N.Y. 
1888 


Some  Materials  for  a  Bibliography  of  the  Official  Publications  of  the 

Continental  Cont^ress. 


In  18S5  the  United  States  jfovernmcnt  published  what  purported  to  be  A  Descriptive 
''atatogue  of  the  (i0vernment  Publications  of  the  United  States,  September  5,  ijy^-Afarch  4,  1881, 
which  should  have  rendered  anj  such  list  as  the  present  unnecessary;  but  that  elaborate  work  was 
misnamed,  as  it  is  at  best  but  an  index  to  government  publications,  and  for  the  period  covered  by 
this  bibliography  is  little  more  than  an  imperfect  index  to  the  Journals  of  the  Continental  Con- 
gretf,  and  has,  therefore,  been  of  no  assistance  in  compiling  this  catalogue.  From  Sabin's  Dic- 
tionary of  Books  relating  to  .-!/«>  v/V;/;  Thomas's  and  Haven's  Catalogue  of  Publications  in  the 
United  States,  j6^>/-/-;jj,  and  Hildeburn's  Issues  of  the  Pennsylvania  Press,  I  have  derived  aid, 
more  especially  from  the  latter.  I  also  owe  thanks  to  Dr.  Samuel  A.  Green.  Hon.  A.  R.  Spofford, 
iHr.  F.  A.  Bancroft,  Mr.  Charlc>  A.  Cutter,  Mr.  \V.  Eames,  Mr.  Bumford  Samuels,  Mr.  Lindsay 
Swift,  Mr.  William  Kelby,  and  Mr.  J.  \V.  M.  Lee,  for  assistance  in  the  compilation. 

The  arrangement  is  strictly  chronological,  under  the  date  of  the  introduction  by  the  com- 
mittee, or  the  adoption  by  the  Congress,  and  those  without  date,  and  collected  publications  are 
j)laced  at  the  end  of  the  year  to  which  they  belong.  The  initials  at  the  end  of  the  description  indi- 
cate certain  public  libraricF  in  which  the  publication  can  be  consulted. 

A.  signifies  Aslor  Library. 

A.A.S.  "  Am.  Antiquarian  Society  Library. 

B.  "  I'oston  Public  Library. 
B.A.  "  Boston  Athen;rum  Library. 
B.M.  "  British  Museum  Library. 

C.  "  Library  of  Congress. 

W.  "  Library  of  Harvard  University. 

M.  "  Massachusetts  Historical  Society  Library. 

My. H.S.  "  Maryland  Historical  Society  Library. 

IS'.J.H.S.  "  New  Jersey  Hi.storical  S'^ciety  Library. 

N.  "  New  York  Historical  Society  Library. 

P. H.S.  "  Pennsylvania  Historical  Society  Library. 

P.  "  Library  Company  of  Philadelphia. 

P.L.  "  Private  Library. 

S.  *  New  York  .State  Library. 

S.D.  "  Department  of  State  Library. 

...  "A  litie  omitted  in  the  title. 

"  Two  or  more  lines  omitted  in  the  title. 

*  "  That  what  is  omitted  is  line  for  line  the  same  as  the  preceding  title, 

-j-  "  That  what   is  omitted   is  already  sufficiently  given   in   title  of  previous 
edition. 

PAIL   LEICESTER    FORD. 


1-6] 


Sept.  22 — Oct.  21,  1774. 


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1774 

Sept.  22.     Preliminary  non-importation  resolve. 

1.  Philadelphia,  /  In  Congress, Thursday.  Sep- 
tember 22,  1774.  /Resolved,  / /  [Phila- 
delphia :]    Printed  by  W.  and  T.  Bradford. 

40.     Broadside.     P. 
Oct.  10.     Non-importation,  &c.  agreement. 

2.  The  /  Association,  &c.  [Philadelphia : 
Printed  by  \V.  and  T.  Bradford.     1774.] 

8".   pp.  II.     B.A.,  C,  P.L. 

An  agreement  between  the  twelve  Colonies  not  to  trade 
with  England,  drafted  by  Thomas  Gushing,  Isaac  Low, 
Thomas  Mif&in,  Kichard  Henry  Lee,  and  Thomas  John- 
son, Tun. 

"  Ordered,  That  this  Association  be  committed  to  the 
press,  and  one  hundred  and  twenty  copies  struck  off." 
Journal  as  printed  in  Force,  fourth  series,  i  . 

The  original  document  is  reproduced  in  Force's  Ar- 
chives:, fourth  series,  I.,  915;  and  a  [burlesque]  "  versified 
and  set  to  music"  version  was  printed  by  Rivington  in 
New  York.  There  were  also  many  pamphlets  issued  at 
the  time,  discussing  it  from  all  points  of  view. 

3.  The  following  Extract  from  the  Votes  and 
Pro-/ceedingsofthe  American  Continental  Con- 
gress, /  we  are  induced  to  publish  thus  early 
purely  to  /  ease  the  Impatience  of  our  Readers. 
/  Association,  &c.  [New  York :  .^J  8°.    pp.  8.  N. 

4.  The  following  Extracts  from  the  Votes  and 
Proceedings  of  the  American  /  Continental  Con- 
gress, we  are  induced  to  publish  thus  early 
purely  to  ease  /  the  Impatience  of  our  Readers./ 

Association,    &c.       / /       Boston:      Printed 

by  Edes  &  Gill.  F".     Broadside.     M. 

Oct.  21.     Address  and  Memorial. 

5.  To  the  /  People  of  Great- Britain,  /  from  the 
/  Delegates,  /  Appointed  by  the  several  English 

Co-/lonies  . .  ./ /   ...   to  consider  of  /  their 

Grievances  in  General  Con-/gress,  at  Phila- 
delphia, Septem-/ber5th,  1774./.  .[Philadelphia : 
Printed  by  W.  and  T.  Bradford.     1774.] 

8°.     pp.36.     P.L. 

Two  letters  from  the  Congress,  one  to  the  "  People  of 
Great  Britain"  (drafted  by  John  Jay),  and  the  other  to 
the  "  Inhabitants  of  the  Colonies"  (drafted  by  Richard 
Henrv  Lee),  which  were  reported  by  acommitte'e  of  three, 
—  Kichard  Henn,-  Lee,  William  Livingston,  and  John  Jay. 

This  title  is  not  in  Hildeburn,  but,  misled  by  Sabin 
(.^0,508),  he  gives  a  title  of  what  is  apparently  the  same 
pamphlet.  Sabin  was  in  error  in  the  date,  and  the  true 
description  is  given  herein.     Xo.  54. 

"  Ordered,  That  the  Address  to  the  people  of  Great 
Britain,  and  the  Memorial  to  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Brit- 
is/i  Colonies  be  iminediatelv  committed  to  the  press;  and 
that  no  more  than  one  hundred  and  twenty  copies  of  each 
be  struck  off,  without  further  orders  from  the  Congress." 
you  ma/. 

The  text  of  the  letter  to  the  "  Inhabitants  of  the  Colo- 
nies "  was  slightly  altered  in  the  subsequent  issues,  and 
copies  of  this  edition  are  sometimes  found  with  MS.  cor- 
rections of  the  changes  made. 

5*.  Two  /  Letters  /  from  the  /  American  Conti- 
nental Congress./  held  /  AtPhiladelphia,  Sept.  5, 
1774.  /  The  one  Addressed  to  the  /  People  of  Great 
Britain,  /  And  the  other  to  the  /  Inhabitants  of  the 
American  Colonies.  /  Coventry :/ Printed  and 
Sold  by  J.  \V.  Piercy,  in  Broad-gate.  1775.  / 
(Price  Two-pence.)  8°.     pp.  (.4),  22.     P.L. 

6.  A  Letter  to  the  People  of  Great  Britain 
from  the  Delegates  of  the  American  Congress  in 
Philadelphia.     [London:]     Andrews.  8°. 

This  title  is  taken  from  the  "  Monthly  Catalogue  "  in 
the  Critical  Rez'iezv  for  January,  1775  (xxxix,  73),  where 
it  is  noticed  as  follows:  — 

"...  It  is  a  mixture  of  compliment  and  expostulation, 
accompanied  with  complaints  relative  to  the  establishment 
of  the  Catholic  religion  in  Canada,  and  to  the  supposed 
violation  of  their  privileges  in  the   article  of  taxation; 


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Oct.  26,  1774. 


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interspersed  with  ominous  anticipations  of  the  future 
slavery  of  the  whole  British  dominion,  in  consequence  of 
the  plan  of  K"vernmont  adopted  by  administration.  With 
respect  to  the  Q^iebec  Bill,  it  was"  only  fullillin":  enjja>je- 
ments  which  we  were  solemnly  bound  to  maintain  by 
treaty  of  peace,  and  for  the  performance  of  which  the 
natio'nal  faith  had  been  pledged.  In  reujard  to  the  point 
of  taxation,  we  mi^rlit  have  expected  that  the  Americans 
would  enter  larj;ely  into  the  discussion  of  the  subject, 
upon  political  principles;  and  that  they  likewise  would 
have  at  least  attempted  to  invalidate  the  force  of  the 
Several  precedents  produced  to  evince  their  own  acknowl- 
edgement or  former  acquiescence  in  the  supreme  authority 
of  the  British  Parliament.  Nolhins:  of  this  kind  is,  how- 
ever, to  be  found  in  the  Letter  before  us;  a  most  material 
and  unaccountabi  e  defect,  if  we  consider  that  it  was  writ- 
ten at  a  time  when  the  dele<;ates,  by  whom  it  is  sent,  were 
upon  the  eve  of  adopting  such  extraordinary  measures,  as 
may  endanger  the  whole  system  of  British  and  American 
commerce." 

Oct.  26.     Letter  to  Quebec. 

7.  A  Letter  /  to  the  /  Inhabitants  /  of  the  / 
Province  /  of  /  Qiiebec.  /  Extract  from  the 
Minutes  of  the  Congress.  /  Philadelphia :  / 
Printed  by  William  and  Thomas  Bradford,  / 
October,  r774  /      8°.    pp.  (2),  [37]-50.     P.H.S. 

Gushing,  Lee  and  Dickinson  were  appointed,  October 
21,  a  committee  to  prepare  this  letter,  the  draft  of  which, 
both  by  common  acce])tance  and  by  the  statement  in 
Dickinson's  "  Wrilitiffs  "  (published  in  iSoi,  under  his 
supervision),  is  referred  to  Dickinson's  pen;  yet  John 
Adams  (Diary  in  "  Works"  li.,  392),  on  October  4, 
writes,  "  General  Lee  caine  to  my  lodsjings,  and  showed 
me  Address  from  the  C.  to  the  people  of  Canada,  which  he 
had" — or,  eleven  days  before  Dickinson  was  elected  to 
the  Congress,  and  eighteen  days  before  the  committee 
was  appointed. 

8.  To  the  /  Inhabitants  /  Of  the  Province  of/ 
Qii^hec.  /  From  the  /  Continental  Congress, 
at  Philadelphia,  /  September  5,  1774./  [Colo- 
phon.] Printed  by  John  Holt,  in  Dock-Street. 
[New  York:  1774].  40.     pp.7.     P.L. 

9.  Sin  Sdircibcit  /  ?(ii  tic  /  Giiiwohncr/  tcr  /  fxO' 
vin^/  C.ucbcr.  /  '.?hK^^iui  auo  t'cm  'J^rotocoU  tci?  (£011= 
(\VC|)Ci-.  /  Philadelphia,  /  Gedruckt  und  zii  haben 
bey  Ilenrich  Miller,/ 1774.  /  S".   pp.  (2),  [63]-76. 

10.  Lettre  /  adress^e  /  Aux  Habitans  /  de  la 
Province  /  de  /  Qiiebec,  /  Ci-devant  le  Canada. 
/  De  la  part  dii  Congres  General  de  rAm-/erique 
Septentrionale,  tenu  a  Philadelphie.  /  Imprime 
&  public  par  Ordre  du  Congres.  /  A  Phila- 
delphie, /  De  rimprimerie  de  Fleury  Mesplet. 
/  M.DCC.LXXIV.  8°.     pp.  (2),  18.     P. 

Translated  by  M.  Du  Simitiere,  and  two  thousand  copies 
printed  for  distribution  in  Canada. 

11.  A  /  Clear  Idea  /  Of  the  General  and 
Uncorriipted  /  British  Constitution  :  /  in  an  / 
Address  to  the  Inhabitants  /of  the  /  Province  of 
(j^iebec.  /  From  the  Forty-nine  Delegates  in 
the  Continental  /  Congres.s  at  Philadelphia;/ 
September  5,  to  October  10,  1774.  /  Extracted 
from  the  Votes  and  Proceedings.  [London : 
Dilly  and  Almon,  1774.]  8°.     pp.8.     M. 

12.  Extract,  from  the  Journal  of  the  proceed- 
ings, of  the  ho-/norable  the  American  Continental 
Congress, .../...  Being  that  part  /  of  their  Ad- 
dress to  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Province  of/ Qiie- 
bec, which  enumerates,  the  glorious  rights  of 
/  Englishmen, .  .  .  /  [Philadelphia  :  Printed bvR. 
Bell,  1776.]  8°.    pp.  (6). 

Usually  found  as  a  supplement  to  "Plain  Truth 
ByCandidiis.     Philadelphia,  1776."  

Oct.  26.   Petition  to  the  King. 

13-  (13.3)  /To  Peyton  Randolph,  Esq.  [Phila- 
delphia: W.  and  T.  Bradford.  1774.] 

S"-     PP-  [i33]-i44-     P-L. 


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Oct.  27,  1774. 


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Printed  as  an  appendix  to  No.  39,  but  copies  were  sepa- 
rately issued.  It  consists  of  the  letter  from  Gage  to  Kan. 
dolph  and  the  Petition  to  the  King. 

Tlic  Petition  was  reported  to  Congress  by  a  committee 
consisting  of  John  Adams,  Thomas  Johnson,  Patrick 
Henry,  John  Rutltdge,  Richard  Henry  Lee,  and  John 
Dickinson,  and  the  draft  is  claimed  for' both  of  the  latter 
two  :  for  Lee  in  his  Life  by  R.  H.  Lee,  Jr.,  and  for  Dickin- 
son in  his  Writings.  The  fair  inference  seems  to  be  that 
I^ee  prepared  the  first  draft,  reported  to  Congress  October 
21,  which,  not  meeting  with  their  approval  was  recom- 
mitted, with  Dickinson  added  to  the  committee.  The  sec- 
end  report  was  probably  a  revisal  of  Lee's  draft  by 
Dickinson.  In  Adams'  Diary  (  Works  11.,  ,^96)  it  appears 
that  he  and  Henry  were  in  consultation  over  the  Petition, 
and  it  is  plain  that  all  the  papers  of  the  Continental  Con- 
gress, though  of  necessity  written  by  one  man,  were  the 
combined  logic  and  opinions  of  the  committee,  and  the 
honor  belongs  to  no  individual  member. 

14.  The  /  Petition  /  of  the  /  Continental 
Congress  /  to  the  /  King./  And  /  General  Gage's 
Letter  /  to  the  Honorable  /  Peyton  Randolph, 
Esq;  /  In  Answer  to  one  wrote  by  the  Con- 
gress. /  Philadelphia :  /  Printed  by  William 
and  Thomas  Bradford,  /  at  the  London  Coft'ee- 
Iloiise.  /  MDCCLxxv.  /    8°.     pp.  (2),  [133-]  144. 

Same  as  No.  13  with  the  addition  of  a  title-page. 

15.  The  /  Petition  /  of  the  /  Grand  American 
Continental  /  Congress,  /  to  the  /  King's  /  Most 
Excellent  jNIajesty.  /America.  /  Boston,  Printed 
and  sold  at  the  Printing-Office,  near  /  the  Mill- 
Bridge.  16°.     pp.  8.     M. 

Oct.  27.     Extracts  from  the  Journal. 

16.  Extracts  /  From  the  /  Votes  and  Proceed- 
ings /  Of  the  American  Continental  /  Congress, 
/  Held  at  Philadelphia  on  the/  5th  of  September 
1774.  /  Containing/  The  Bill  of^Rights,  A  List  of 
Griev-/ances,  Occasional  Resolves,  the  /  Associa- 
tion, an  Address  to  the  People  /  of  Great-Brit- 
ain, and  a  Memorial /to  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
British  /  American  Colonies.  /  Published  by 
order  of  the  Congress.  /  Philadelphia  :/ Printed 
by  William  and  Thomas  Bradford,  /  October  27th, 
M,DCC,LXXIV.      8«.     pp.  (4),  12,  II,  36.   P.L. 

17-  8°.     pp.  (4),  23,  36.     P.L. 

18.  8".     pp.  (4),  u,  50.     P. 

19.  S°.     pp.  (4),  23,  50.     P.H.S. 

The  first  collation  given  is,  I  believe,  the  first  edition 
of  this  famous  paiuphlet,  being  "  made  up,"  apparently, 
from  the  remainders  of  Nos.  2  and  5,  with  the  adilition  of 
the  Bill  of  Rights  and  List  of  Grievances.  The  Letter  to 
the  Inhabitants  of  Quebec  (No.  7),  though  printed  after 
this  was  issued,  and  naving  a  separate  title  is  intended  to 
be  a  part  of  the  "  Extracts. " 

Nothing  perhaps  shows  more  thoroughly  the  intense  in- 
terest with  which  the  proceedings  of  the  Congress  were 
awaited,  than  the  following  list  of  editions  :  — 

20.  Extracts  /  from  the  /  Votes  and  Proceed- 
ings /  of  the  American  /  Continental  /  Con- 
gress, /  Held  at  Philadelphia,  September 5, 1774,  / 
Containing  /  The  Bill  of  Rights,  a  List  of 
Grievances,  Occasional  Resohes,  the  Associa- 
tion, an  /Address  to  the  People  of  Great-Britain,/ 
A  Memorial  to  the  Inhabitants  of  the  /  British 
American  Colonies,  and  a  Petition  /  to  the 
King.  /  To  which  is  added,  /  The  Proceedings 
of  the  /  Provincial  Convention,  /  Held  at  Phila- 
delphia, January  23,  1775.  /  Published  by  order 
of  the  Provincial  Convention.  /Philadelphia: 
/  Printed  by  William  and  Thomas  Bradford,  /  at 
the  London  Coflee  House.  /  m,dcc,lxxv.  / 

8«.     pp.  So.     P.H.S. 

21.  Extracts  /  From  the  /  Votes  and  Proceed- 
ings /  Of  the  American  Continental  /  Congress, 
/  Held  at  Philadelphia  on  the  /  5th  of  Septem- 


6] 


Oct.  27,  1774. 


ber.  1774.  /  Containing  /  The  Bill  of  Rights,  a 
List  ot"  Gi"ieV'-/'*nces,  Occasional  Resolves,  the 
Asso-/cialion,an  Address  to  the  Peopleof/  Great- 
Britain,  and  a  Memorial  to  /  the  Inhabitants  of 
the  British  /  .Vmerican  Colonies.  /  Published 
bv  Orderofthe  Congress./  Philadelphia  :  Printed. 
/  Boston:  /  Re-Printed  bv  Edes  and  Gill,  in 
Qiieen  street,  /  and  T.  and  J.  P'leet,  in  Cornhill./ 
M.uccLxxiv.  S*'.     pp.49.     M. 

22.  S°.     pp.  56.      C. 

The  sconit  issue  conliiins  the  "Suffolk  Resolutions," 
the  "  Lettei  to  the  Inhabitants  of  Quebec,"  and  several 
minor  resoluti.ins,  which  were  not  included  in  the  pre- 
vious editions. 

23.  Extracts  /  from  the  /  Votes  and  Proceed- 
ings /  Of  the  American  Continental  /  Congress, 
/Held  at  Philadelphia  on  the /5th  of  September, 
1774.  /  Containing  /  The  Bill  of  Rights,  a  List 
of  Grievan-/ces,  Occasional  Resolves,  the  Asso- 
ciation, an  /  Address  to  the  People  of  Great- 
Britain,  /  and  a  Memorial  to  the  Inhabitants  of 
the  /  British  American  Colonics.  /  Published  by 
Order  of  the  Congress  /  Philadelphia,  Printed  :/ 
Boston,  Re-printed:  And  sold  by  John  Boyle/ 
in  Mariborough-Street,  and  Mills  and  Hicks  in 
/  School  Street.  1774.  S".     pp.43.     P.L. 

24-  8«.     pp.  s^-        M. 

The  sec  nd  issue  contains  the  "  Letter  to  tlie  Inhabitants 
of  Qiiebec." 

25.  4-  Philadelphia,  Printed  :  Boston,  Re-print- 
ed :  And  sold  by  John  Boyle,  in  Marlboroiigh- 
Streel,  and  Mills'and  Hicks'in  School-Street,  and 
Cox  and  Berry  in  King  Street.     1774. 

8"-     PP-  43- 

I  itie  from  Stevens's  JViij^^e/s,  Xo.  1031. 

26.  Extracts  /  from  the  /  Votes  and  Proceed- 
ings /  of  the  /  American  Continental  /  Con- 
gress, /  held  at  /  Philadelphia.  /  On  the  5th  of 
September,  1774.  /  Containing  /  The  Bill  of 
Rights,  a  List  of  Grievances,  /  Occasional  Re- 
solves, the  Association,  an  Address  /  to  the 
People  of  Great-Britain,  and  a  Memorial  to  /  the 
Inhabitants  of  the  British  American  Colonies.  / 
Published  by  Order  of  the  Congress.  /  Phila- 
delphia: Printed.  /  Hartford:  Re-printed  by 
Eben.  Watson,  near  /  the  Great-Bridge. 

8°.     pp:  48.     P.L. 
Includes  the  "  Letter  to  the  Inhal>itants  of  Qiiebec." 

27.  Extracts  /  from  the  /  Votes  and  Proceed- 
ings /  of  the  /  American  Continental  /  Con- 
gress. /  held  at  Philadelphia,  /  on  the  Fifth  of 
September,  1774  /  Containing,  /  The  Bill  of 
Rights,  a  List  of  Grievances,  Occasional  /  Re- 
.solves,  the  Association,  an  Address  to  the 
People  /of  Great-Britain,  and  a  .Memorial  to  the 
Inhabitants /of  the  British  American  Colonies.  / 
I  ublished  by  order  of  the  Congress.  /  Phila- 
delphia printed.  /  London:  Reprinted  for  '] 
Almon  opposite  /  Burlington  House,  Picc'a- 
diily.  /     .MDCcLxxiv.  8°.     pp.  (4),  82.     B.A. 

^^-  8"-    pp-  (4).';9.(0-    p.l! 

There  IS  a  sli>;ht  variation  in  the  lining  of  two  lines  be- 
tween  ihe.sc  two  editions,  the  second  bcinsr  "  An  .Address 
to.h.-x  People  01  t;,eat  Britain  and  a  Memorial  to  thiy 
Inh.il.itants  ol  the  Brili.^h  American  Colonies." 

.  =^9-  E.xtracts  /  from  the  /  Votes  and  Proceed- 
ings/ ol  the  /  American  Continental  /  Congress  / 
Held  at  Philadelphia  on  the  5th  of  September 
177-}- .  /  Containing  /  The  Bill  of  Ri"hts,  a  List 
ot  (,rievances.  Occasional  Resolves,  /  the  Asso- 
ciation,   an     Address    to    the    People   of  Great- 


30-34] 


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[7 


Britain,  /  a  Memorial  to  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
British  American  /  Colonies,  and  an  Address  to 
the  Inhabitants  of  the  Province  of  /  Qiiebec.  / 
Published  by  Order  of  the  Congress.  /  New- 
London  :  /  Printed  and  sold  by  Timothy  Green. 
1774-  /  4"-     PP-  70-     B.A. 

30.  Extracts  /  From  the  /  Votes  and  Proceed- 
ings /  Of  the  American  Continental  /  Congress.  / 
Held  at  Philadelphia,  /  On  the  5th  of  September, 
1774.  /  Containing,  /  The  Bill  of  Rights,  a  List 
of  Grievances,  /  Occasional  Resolves,  the  Asso- 
ciation, an  /  Address  to  the  People  of  Great- 
Britain,  Memo-/rial  to  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
British  American  /  Colonies,  and  an  Address  to 
the  Inhabitants  of  /  Qiiebec  /  Published  bv  order 
of  the  Congress.  /New-London:  /  Printed  by 
Timothy  Green,  M,  DCC,LXXiv.     4^  pp.  70.  P.L. 

31.  Extracts  /  from  the  /  Votes  and  Pro- 
ceedings /  of  the  /  American  Continental  Con- 
gress, /  Held  at  Philadelphia,  /  on  the  5th  of 
September,  1774.  /  Containing  /  The  Bill  of 
Rights,  /  A  List  of  Grievances,  /  Occasional 
Resolves, /The  Association,  /An  Address  to  the 
Peo  /  pie  of  Great-Britain,  /  And  a  Memorial  to 
the  /  Inhabitants  of  the  /  British  American  / 
Colonies.  /  Published  by  Order  of  the  Con- 
gress. /  Philadelphia,  Printed:  /  Newport, 
Rhode  Island.  /  Reprinted  and  sold  by  S. 
Southwick,  in  Qiieen-Street,  1774. 

8°.     pp.  59.     P.L. 

32.  Extracts  /  from  the  /  Votes  and  Pro- 
ceedings /  of  the  /  American  /  Continental 
Congress,  /  held  /  At  Philadelphia,  5th  Sep- 
tember, 1774.  /  Containing /The  Bill  of  Rights, 
a  List  of  Grievances,  occasional  /  Resolves,  the 
Association,  an  Address  to  the  /  People  of  Great- 
Britain,  and  a  Memorial  to  the  /  Inhabitants  of 
the  British  American  Colonies.  /  Published  by 
order  of  the  Congress.  /  New-York.  /  Printed 
by  H.  Gaine,  at  the  Bible  and  Crown  in  /  Han- 
over-Square. /  M,DCC,Lxxiv.      12°.     pp.  59.     N. 

33.  Extracts  /  from  the  /  Votes  and  Pro- 
ceedings /  Of  the  American  Continental  /  Con- 
gress, /  Held  at  Philadelphia  on  the  /  5th  of 
September,  1774.  /  Containing  /  The  Bill  of 
Rights,  a  List  of  Grievances,  Occasional  / 
Resolves,  the  Association,  an  Address  to  the 
People  of/  Great-Britain,  and  a  Memorial  to 
the  Inhabitants  of  the  /  British  American  C0I-. 
onies.  /  Published  by  Order  of  the  Congress./ 
Philadelphia:  Printed.  /  New-York  :  Reprinted 
by  John  Holt,  in  Dock  Street.  4°.  pp.25.   N.,P.L. 

Some  copies  have  7  additional  pages,  containing  No.  S. 

33».  /  Containing  /  The  Bill  of  Rights,  A 
List  of  Grievan-/ces  Ocasional  [sic]  Resolves, 
the  Associa/tion,  an  Address  to  the  People  of/ 
Great-Britain,  and  a  Memorial  to  the /Inhabi- 
tants of  British  American  /  Colonies.  /  The 
Second  Edition,  to  which  is  added  Minutes  of  the 
Journal.  /  Published  by  Order  of  the  Congress. 
/  Philadelphia  :  Printed.  /  New- York  :  Reprinted 
by  John  Holt  in  Dock-Street.     [i775-] 

S".  ^  pp.  96.     N. 

The  same  as  No.  40,  hicking  the  preliminary  four  pages. 

34.  Extracts  /  from  /  The  Votes  and  Pro- 
ceedings of  /  the  /  American  /  Continental 
Congress,/  Held  at  Philadelphia,  Sept.  5,  1774  / 
Containing,  /  The  Bill  of  Rights,  a  List  of 
Grievances,  occasional  Resolves,  /  The  Associa- 
tion, an  Address  to  the  People  of  Great  Britain,/ 


8] 


Oct.  27,  1774. 


and  a  Memorial  to  tl»e  Inliabitants  of  the  Britisli 
American  /  Colonies.  /  Publi^hcd  by  order  of 
the  Congress.  /  Together  with  /  An  Address 
to  the  Inhabitants  of  C^iebec,  /  to  whicli  are 
added,  /  The  Resolve  of  the  County  of  Suffolk, 
in  the  Province  of  Mass-/acluisetts-Ba_v,  on  the 
8th  of  September,  1774;  /  with  /  A  Letter  from 
the  County  Delegates  to  General  Gage,  con-/ 
cerning  the  Fortifications  upon  Boston  Neck, 
and  Unanimous  /  Resolves  of  the  Grand  Con- 
tinental Congress,  approving  of  their  /  Wisdom 
and  Fortitude:  and  recommending  a  perseverance 
in  their  firm  and  /  temperate  Conduct.  /  New- 
\'ork  :   /  Printed  tor  James  Rivington,  1774.  / 

8-.  pp.  36.  N. 
35.  Extracts  /  from  the  /  Votes  and  Pro- 
ceedings /  of  the  /  American  Continental  /  Con- 
gress, /  Held  at  Philadelphia  on  the  fifth  day 
of  September.  /  m.dcc  lxxiv.  /  Containing,/ 
The  Bill  of  Rights,  A  List  of  Grievances,"  / 
Occasional  Resolves.  The  Association,  An  Ad- 
/  dress  to  the  People  of  Great-Britain,  and  a  / 
Memorial  to  the  Inhabitants  of  the  British  / 
American  Colonies.  /  Published  by  Order  of 
the  Congress.  /  Philadelphia:  Printed.  /Nor- 
wich :  Re- prill  ted  by  Robertsons  and  /  Trumbull, 
M  Dcc.Lxxiv.  /  8°.     pp.  41.     My.H.S, 

36 Providence  [John  Carter]  1774. 

Title  from  Thomas  and  Haven. 

37.  Extracts  /  from  the  /  Votes  and  Proceed- 
ings /  of  the  American  Continental  /  Congress, 
/  Held  at  Philadelphia  /  on  the  /  5th  of  Septem- 
ber 1774.  /  Williamsburg:  /  Printed  by  Alex- 
ander Purdie  and  John    Dixon.  /  m  dcc.lxxiv. 

8°.     C. 

38.  'Jhic^uiiie  /  iiiK^  ten  /  StiiiiiiimiiKH  /  imt  /  i^rr- 
baiiMiiitiUn  /  tex5  /  5liiicrifani|'dKn  '/  liLniiivfiJc:?  / 
scm  bcitn  Vanrc,  /  (sklmltcn  511  >J.Mnlatclphia,Vcii  .")tcn 
2tvt.  1774.  /  lintlmltcnt  /  Me  l^iii  tcr  ^KcdUen,  cine 
i'iltc  vpii  ~i^c  /  I'duvfrtcn  adciiciUlidic  Sd)lii|Tf,  cine  / 
3lrrciic  an  tc-.?  iuMf  »im  (sh-i'pl>rit  /  tiuinicn,  nnt  cin 
??ienii>ri,il  an  Cic  (iiu-  /  wchncr  tcr  i<vitti|'du5?(nieri= 
fanifdicn  /  (ielonicn.  /  A?cvaiii?iKiKt^cn  aiif  i^cfcbl  teg 
giMtiUciice  ;  /  nnt  anc  tern  liniiliid^cn  iibcrfcKt.  / 
Philadelphia.  /  Gedrucht  und  zu  haben  bey  Ilein- 
rich  Miller.  /  1774.  /  i6».  pp.  76.  P.H.S. 
Journal. 

39-  Journal  /  of  the  /  Proceedings  /  of  the  / 
Congress,  /  Held  at  Philadelphia,  /  September 
5.  «774-  /  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed  by  William  and 
Thomas  Bradford,  at  the  London  Coftee- House  / 
M.DCC.LXXIV.  /  8°.      pp.  (4),  144.      B.A.,  P. 

.Some    copies   were    issued    before    np.    iu-144    were 
printed.  JJ     t't 

"  The  rare  o/-/>-/»<7/  ecfition,  with  the  emblematical  de- 

vice  on  the  title,  twelve  hands  sustaining  a  column  resting 

I    ,,""/-'  <^''-"^"'  ■""!  surmounted  by  the  cap  of  Liberty  " 

—  J.  11.    IKIMBILL.  ^ 


ceedmgs,  made,  and  published  by  their  /  Order 
/  2.  journal,  or  Minutes,  and  Formalities /of 
their  Proceedings,  List  of  Dele-/gates,  with 
their  Powers,  .Vc.  /  Re-printed  from  the  Copies 
published  by  Order  of/  the  Congress./  Philadel- 
phia :  Printed  /  New-York:  Reprinted  by 
John  Holt,  m  /  Water  Street.     1775.  "^ 

S"-     PP-  (4).  96.     N. 


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Oct.  27,  1774  — June  30,  177. 


[9 


41.  Journal  /  of  the  /  Proceedings  /  of  the 
Congress,  /  Held  at  Philadelphia,  September 
5th,  1774.  /  Containing  /  the  Bill  of  Rights;  a 
List  of  Grievances;  /  Occasional  Resolves;  The 
Association;  An  /  Address  to  the  People  of 
Great  Britain  ;  A  /  Memorial  to  the  Inhabitants 
of  the  British  /  American  Colonies;  and.  An 
Address  to  /  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Province  of 
Qiiebec.  /  Published  by  Order  of  the  Congress./ 
To  which  is  added  /  (Being  now  first  printed  by 
Authority)  /  An  Authentic  Copy/  of  the  /  Peti- 
tion to  the  King.  /  London  :  /  Printed  for  J. 
Almon,  opposite  Burlington-House,  in  /  Picca- 
dilly /  M.DCC  Lxxv.  /       8°.     pp.  (2),  66,  (2).  C. 

In  spite  of  the  statement  on  the  title-page,  this  voluiue 
cont.iins  none,  (the  Petition  to  the  King  excepted;,  of  the 
papers  there  mentioned. 

"  The  late  pamphlet,  entitled, '  Extracts  from  the  Votes 
and  Proceedings  of  the  American  Continental  Congress,' 
contained  only  a  Part  of  the  Journal  of  that  Congress. 
The  whole  Journal  has  since  been  published  in  America: 
but  it  was  thought  proper  to  reprint  onl^  such  parts  in 
this  Pamphlet,  as  were  omitted  in  the  lormer,  in  order 
that  those  Gentlemen  who  have  purchased  the  '  Extracts  ' 
may  make  their  Copies  complete,  if  they  chuse  it.  The 
two  pamphlets  contain  the  entire  Jovirnaf  of  the  Proceed- 
ings of  the  Congress." 

"  Dr.  Franklin,  about  the  15th  or  j6th  of  Dec.  1774, 
received  these  Proceedings  of  Ihe  Congress,  with  the  Peti- 
tion to  the  King  dated  the  26th  October  previous.  The 
times  were  growing  very  serious,  and  it  was  thought  best 
to  let  Alinon  publish  them  immediately.  The  effect  was 
startling,  for  the  pamphlet  proclaimed  to  the  discriminat- 
ing British  public  (if  there  was  .at  that  time  such  a  body; 
that  the  English  language  had  acquired  new  vigour  and 
clearness  in  being  transplanted  to  the  Western  shores. 
The  pith,  point  and  soundness  of  these  public  papers 
astonished  the  statesmen  and  confounded  the  politicians, 
and  at  the  same  time  delighted  the  friends  of  the  Colonies, 
particularly  Lord  Ch.atham  and  Lord  Camden."  —  Henry 
Stevens.  ' 

Printed     for    E.     and    C. 
8".     pp.   (2),  66,  (2).     C. 


42.     /  London :    / 
Diily  /  M.DCC. LXXV. 


1775. 

May  29  and  June  i.     Address  to  Canada. 

43.  Lettre  /  Addressee  /  Aux  Habitans  /  Op- 
primes  de  la  Province /de  /  Qiiebec.  /  De  la  port 
du  Congres  Genera!  de  I'Amerique  Sep-  /  ten- 
trionale,  tenu  a  Philadelphie.  [Philadelphia: 
Fleury  Mesplet.     1775.]  8''.     pp.  7.     P. 

Drafted  by  Jay,  Samuel  Adams  and  Deane.  1,000  copies 
printed,  (with  the  addition  of  the  resolve  of  June  ist)  for 
distribution  in  Canada. 

June  12.     Resolve  for  a  Fast-day. 

44.  In  Congress,  /  Monday,  June  12,  1775.  / 
Philadelphia:  Printed  by  William  and  Thomas 
Bradford.     [1775.]  /  F".     Broadside. 

Drafted  by  Hooper,  John  Adams  and  Paine. 

45.  In  Congress,  /  Mondav,  June  12,  1775. 

F'^.'    Broadside.     S.D. 
June  12.     Address  to   Canada  and  Resolve  for 
Fast-day. 

46.  In  Congress,  June  12,  1775  /  [Philadel- 
phia:] Printed  by  John  Dunlap  [1775.]  / 

F"*.     Broadside. 
The  English  edition  of  the   Address   to   Canada,  with 
the  resolve  making  July  20  a  day  of  "  Humiliation,  East- 
ing and  Prayer."     See  Nos.  .}■{  and  44. 

June  30.     Rules  for  Troops. 

47.  Rules  /  and  /  Articles,  /  for  the  better  / 
Government  /  of  the  /  Troops  /  Raised,  or  to 
be  raised,  and  kept  in  pay  by  and  at  /  the  joint 
Expence  of  the  /  Twelve  united  English  Colonies 
/  of/  North-America.  /  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed 
by  William  and  Thomas  Bradford,  177V  / 

S'.     pp.  16.     C,  P. 


10] 


July  6  —  8,  i 


I  /  :>■ 


[48-55 


Prepared  by  Washington,  Schuyler,  Deane,  Cushiiig 
and  ifewcs.    Sec  No.  6j. 


/    New   York. 
S".     pp.  16. 


48.  +  Philadelphia,    Printed 
Reprinted  bv  llii<,'h  Gaine  1775 

July  6.     Declaration  to  Army. 

49.  A  /  Declaration  /  bv  the  /  Representa- 
tives /  of  the  /  United  Colonies  /  of  /  North 
America,  /  now  met  in  /  General  Congress  /  at 
Philadelphia,  /  Seting  [sic]  forth  the  Causes  and 
Necessity  of  their  /  taking  up  /  Arms.  /  Phila- 
delphia :  /  Printed  by  William  and  Thomas 
Bradford,  1775  /  "  8°.     pp.  (2),  13.     P. 

The  committee  appointed  to  prepare  this  Declaration, 
consisting  of  John  Uutledye,  William  Livingston,  Frank- 
lin, Jay  :uid  Johnson,  reported  a  draft  on  June  24,  which, 
not  l>eing  approved  bv  the  Congress,  was  recommitted, 
and  Jefferson  and  Dickinson  added  to  the  Committee. 

"On  the  24th,  a  committee  which  h.ad  been  appointed  to 
prepare  a  declaration  of  the  causes  of  taking  up  arms, 
brought  in  their  report  (drawn  I  believe  by  J.  Rutledge) 
which  not  being  liked,  the  House  recommitted  it,  on  the 
aolh,  and  added  Mr.  Dickinson  and  myself  to  the  com- 
mittee   I  prepared  a  draught  of  the  declaration  com- 
mitted to  us.  It  was  too  strong  for  Mr.  Dickinson  .  .  .  We 
therefore  requested  him  to  take  the  paper,  and  put  it  into 
a  form  he  could  approve.  He  did  so,  preparing  an  entire 
new  statement,  and  preserving  of  the  former  only  the  last 
four  paragraphs  and  half  of  the  preceding  one.  We  ap- 
proved and  reported  it  to  Congress,  who  accepted  it." 
Jefterson's  Autobiography.  —  H'^r*.?,  I.,  11. 

50.  *  [Reprinted  for  R.  W.  Roche  by  J.  Mun- 
sell.  Albany  :  1865].    4"&8o.    pp.  (2),  13,  covers. 

51.  A  /  Declaration  /  by  the  /  Representa- 
tives /  of  the  /  United  Colonies  /  of  /  North- 
America,  /  now  met  in  /  General  Congress,  / 
at  /  Philadelphia;  /  Setting  forth  the  Causes 
and  Necessity  of  their  taking  up  /  Arms.  / 
Newport :  Printed  by  S.  Southwick,  in  /  Qiieen 
Street,  1775  /  '  12°.     pp.  11.     M. 

52.  A  /  Declaration  /  By  The  /  Representa- 
tives /  Of  The  /  United  Colonies  /  Of  /  North- 
America,  /  Now  Met  In  /  General  Congress  / 
At  /  Philadelphia,  /  Setting  forth  the  Causes 
and  Necessity  of  their  /  taking  up  /  Arms./ 
Philadelphia  :  Printed,  /  Watertown  :  /  Re- 
Printed  and  Sold  by  Benjamin  Edes.  /  1775. 

"S°.     pp.  15.    A.A.S.,  C. 

July  8.     Petition  to  the  King. 

53.  To  the   Inhabitants  of  the  /  Colony  of/ 

New   York.    / /  Pierre   Van    Courtlandt, 

Chairman  /Jan.  9,  1776./  8°.     pp.  7,  8.     N. 

The  only  separate  edition  of  the  second  petition  to  the 
King  I  have  been  able  to  find.  It  was  printed,  (with  the 
additiin  of  a  preliminary  Address,  the  Address  of 
the  Mayor  of  London  "  To  the  Electors,"  and  a  jjortion 
of  Chatham's  Speech)  by  the  New  York  Committee  of 
Safety  "  to  correct  the  assertion  that  the  Continental  Con- 
gress had  made  no  advances." 

The  committee  to  prepare  the  petition  consisted  of 
Dickinson,  Johnson,  John  Rutledge,  Jay  and  Franklin; 
and  Dickinson  wrote  the  draft. 

July  8.     Address  to  the  People  of  England. 

54.  The  /  Twelve  United  Colonies,  /  By 
their  Delegates  in  /  Congress,  /  To  the  Inhabi- 
tants of  /  Great  Britain.  /  [Philadelphia:  W. 
and  T.  Bradford.     1775.]  8".     pp.8.     P. 

The  committee  to  prepare  the  address  consisted  of  K. 
H.  Lee,  K.  K.  Livingston,  antl  Pendleton.  Lee  wrote  the 
draft,  which  was  preserved  for  a  number  of  years  by  the 
family,  hut  has  since  been  lost. 

55;  The  Twelve  United  Colonics,  /  by  their  / 
Delegates  /  in  /  Congress,  /  to  the  /  Inhabi- 
tants /  of  /  Great  Britain.  /  Philadelphia:  / 
Printed  by  William  and  Thomas  Bradford.  / 
M,UCC.LXXV.  8".      pp.   16. 


56-65] 


July  <S  — Nov.  7,  1775. 


[II 


56.  An  Address  from  the  Delegates  of  the 
Twelve  United  Colonies,  to  the  People  of  Eng- 
land. Newport :  Printed  by  S.  Southwick  in 
Qiieen  Street,  1775.  8".     pp.  13. 

Title  from  Ilainnu-tt's  BiHiography  of  Nezvj<ort. 

July  15.     Partial  suspension  of  Association. 

57.  [Whereas,  the  Government  of  Great  Bri- 
tain hath  prohibited  the  exportation  of  Arms 
and  Ammunition Resolved Philadel- 
phia:  Printed  by  W.  and  T.  Bradford  1775.] 

Broadside. 

A  resolve  allowing  the  exportation  of  produce  to  be  ex- 
changed for  materials  of  war. 

"  Ordered,  That  a  copy  of  tlie  above  be  delivered  to  the 
Dcleg'ates  of  the  Colony  of  Pennfvli'aniti,  who  are  de- 
bired  to  request  tlie  committee  of  this  city  to  forward  the 
same  in  handbills  to  the   West  Indies.''  —  journal. 

July  28.     Address  to  People  of  Ireland. 

58.  An  /  Address  /  of  the  /  Twelve  United 
Colonies  /  of  /  North-America,  /  By  their  / 
Representatives  /  in  /  Con<;;ress,  /To  the  People 
of  Ireland.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  W. 
and  T.  Bradford,  1775.  /         8".     pp.  (2),  10.     P. 

Drafted  by  Dcane,  William  Livingston,  Samuel  Adams, 
K.  K.  Livingston  and  Pendleton. 

59 Norwich  :      Printed    by   Robertson 

and  Trumbull.     1775.  8°. 

Title  from  Sabin,  Xo.  35061. 

60 New  York.     Reprinted  1775. 

8«.     pp.  ID. 
Title  from  Thomas  and  Haven. 

July  31.    Observations  on  Lord  North's  Motion. 

61.  The  Several  Assemblies  of  New-Jersey,  / 
Pennsylvania  and  Virginia,  having  re-/ ferred  to 
the  Congress  a  resolution  of  the  House  of  /  Com- 
mons of  Great  Britain,  which  resolution  /  is  in 
these  words:  /  ....  [Philadelphia:  W.  and 
T.  Bradford.      1775.]         8°.     pp.  8.     S.D.,  P.,  N. 

The  opinion  of  the  Congress  on  the  resolution,  prepared 
by  Franklin,  Jefferson, Jonn  Adams  and  Lee.  The  draft,  in 
his  own  haiKlwriting-,  is  in  the  Jefferson  Mss.  in  the  De- 
partment of  State. 

Nov.  4.     Capitulation  of  Montreal. 

62.  Articles  /  of  Capitulation,  /  Made  and 
entered  into  between  Richard  /  Montgomery, 
Esquire,  Brigadier  Ge- /  neral  of  the  Continen- 
tal Army,  and  the  Citi-  /  zens  and  inhabitants 

of  Montreal    [I'hiladelphia]    Printed    by 

John  Dunlap.     [1775]  /  F'\     Broadside.     P. 

Nov.  7.     Rules  for  Troops. 

63.  Rules  /  and  /  Articles,  /  for  the  better 
/  Government  /  of  the  /  Troops  /  Raised,  or  to 
be  raised,  and  kept  in  pay  by  and  at  /  the  joint 
Expence  of  the  /  Thirteen  United  English  Colo- 
nies /  of  North  America.  /  Philadelphia:  / 
Printed  by  William  and  Thomas  Bradford.  1775  / 

8°.     pp.  16.    "p. 

A  revision  of  the  Rules  adopted  June  30th  (No.  47)  with 

the  additional  ones  adopted  November  7.  See  also  No.  107. 

64.  Rules  /  and  /  Articles,  /  for  the  Better  / 
Government  /  of  the  Troops  /  Raised,  or  to  be 
raised,  and  kept  in  pay  by  and  /  at  the  joint 
Expense  of  the /Twelve  united  English  Colo- 
nies /  of  /  North  America.  /  Philadelphia, 
Printed  :  /  New-York,  Re- printed  and  sold  by  II. 
Gaine,  /  at  the  Bible  and  Crown,  in  Hanover- 
Square,  /  M,1)CC,LXXV.  /  8".      pp.  16.      N. 

65.  Rules  and  Articles,  for  the  better  Govern- 
ment of  the  Troops  Raised,  or  to  be  raised  and 
kept  in  pay  by  and  at  the  joint  Expense  of  the 


12] 


Nov.  7— Dec.  6,  1775. 


[66-71 


Twelve  United  English  Colonies  of  ^'orth 
America.  Watertown :  Printed  by  B.  Edes. 
1775.  8°.     pp.  16.     A.A.S. 

66.  Reglcnient  /  Militaire  /  Concernant  /  La 
Police  /  et  /  La  Discipline,  /  Qiie  doivent  ob- 
server les  Troupes  qui  sont  ou  seront/dans  la 
suite  levies  &  payees  par  les  Treize  /  Colonies 
Unies  de  I'Amerique  Septenlrionale  /  Traduit  de 
I'Anglaij^e,  Par  F.  Davnion.  /  A  Philadelphie ;  / 
Chez  Fleury  Mesplet  cV'  Ch.  Berger,  /  Impri- 
nieurs  &  Libraires.  /  .m.dcc.lxxvi.     8°.     pp.  39. 

"  Resolved,  That  the  articles  of  war  be  translated  into 
French,  and  500  copies  sent  to  Canada  " 

"To  Francis  Davnion,  for  translating;  into  French  the 
rules  and  articles  for  the  belter  regulatinjj  the  Continental 
troops,  the  sum  of  15',  dollars:  To  Mons.  Mesplet,  for 
printing  the  military  rules,  and  French  letters  to  the  in- 
liabitants  of  Canada',  the  sum  of  44  dollars  :  "  —  journal. 

Nov.  24.     Intercepted  Letters,  etc. 

67.  Extract  of  a  Letter  from  General  Mont- 
go- /  merv,  dated  Camp  before  St.  John's,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1775  / /  Articles  proposed  for  his 

Majesty's  /   Garrison    at   Chambly  / /An 

Account  of  Stores  taken  at  Chaniblj'.  / / 

A  List  of  Officers  taken  at  Chambly.  / / 

Extract  of  a  Letter  from  Gen.  Montgomery, 
dated  /  Camp   near  St.  John's,  Nov.  3,   1775.  / 

Articles    of    Capitulation,    proposed    by 

Major  Charles  /  Preston  for  liis  Majesty's  Fort  of 

St-John"s,  in  /  the  Province  of  Canada.  / / 

Extracts  of  several  Letters  brought  by  Capt.  / 
Robbins,  in  the  schooner  Two  Sisters,  lately 
seized  by  /  an  armed  vessel  in  the  service  of  the 
United  Colonies.  /  Published  by  Order  of  Con- 
gress./   [  Philadelphia:  W.  &  T.  Bradford. 

1775.]  Fo.     I  1.     S.D. 

"The  Committee  to  whom  the  intercepted  Letters  were 
referred  brought  in  their  Report;  which  being  read  and 
agreed  to, 

y?<>.«o/i'ft^,  That  it  be  recommitted  to  the  said  Committee, 
and  thattheyhave  the  extracts  agreed  to  published,  together 
with  an  authentic  account  of  the  capture  of  Chamblv  -.xnA 
Si.  John^s,  and  to  hnvc  one  thousand  copies  struck  off,  to 
go  with  the  despatches-."  —  Journal. 

Nov.  28.     Rules  for  Navy. 

68.  [Rules  for  the  Regulation  of  the  Navy  of 
the  United  Colonies.  Philadelphia:  W.  and  T. 
Bradford.     1775.''] 

I  have  been  unable  to  find  a  copy.     See  Xo.  114. 

Dec.  6.     Declaration. 

69.  In  Congress  /  December  6,  1775  /  [Phila- 
delphia:] Printed  by  John  Dunlap.     [177s]/ 

po.     Broadside.'    S.D. 
A  Declaration  by  the  Congress  in  answer  to  the  King  of 
Great  Britain's  Proclamation  of  August  33,  1775. 

Extracts  from  the  Journal. 

70.  Extracts  /  from  the  /  Proceedings  of  the 
American  Continental  /  Congress,  /  Held  at 
Philadelphia,  on  the  Tenth  Day  of  May,  1775.  / 
Containing,  An  Address  to  the  People  of  Irehind, 
an  Ad-  /  dress  to  the  Lord-Mayor  of  London, 
and  the  Opi-  /  nion  of  Congres"s  on  the  boasted 
conciliatory  Plan  offered  by  Administration  in 
Parliament.  February  /  20,^1775.  /  Providence  / 
Printed  bv  John  Carter,  at  Shakespear's  Head 
[I775-]  /" 

See  also  No.  77 

A  /  Declaration  /  by  the  /  Representa- 


8 


ikespeai 
pp.  22. 


d 
P.L. 


71- 


fives  of  the  United/  Colonies  of  Xorth-America,/ 
Now  met  in  General  Congress  at  /  Phila- 
delphia; /setting  forth  the  Causes  and  Neces- 
sity /  of  their  taking  up  Arms.  /  Also,  /  An  Ad- 


72-78] 


Dec.  6,  1775. 


[13 


dress  /  from  the  /  Twelve  United  Colonies,  /  By 
their  Delegates  in  Congress,  to  the  /  Inhabitants 
cf  Great-Britain.  /  Philadelphia,  printed  by 
W.  and  Thomas  Bradford,  /and  Bristol  reprinted 
bvW.  Pine,  1775.  /  (Price  Two- Pence.) 

16°.  pp.  16.  C. 
72.  The  /  Declaration  /  by  the  /  Repre- 
sentatives /  of  the  /  United  Colonies  of  North 
America,  /  now  met  in  General  Congress  at 
Philadelphia,  /  Setting  forth  the  /  Causes  and 
Necessity  of  taking  up  Arms.  /  The  /  Letter  of 
the  Twelve  United  Colonies  /  by  their  Delegates 
in  Congress  to  the  Inhabitants  of  Great  Britain,  / 
Their  Humble  Petition  to  his  Majesty,  /  and  / 
Their  Address  to  the  People  of  Ireland.  /  Col- 
lected together  for  the  Use  of  Serious  Thinking 
Men,  /  By  Lovers  of  Peace.  /  Read  with  Can- 
dour: Judge  with  Impartiality.  /  London:  / 
Printed  in  the  Year,  mdcclxxv.     8°.   pp.  32.    C. 

73.  3(n   Die  I  Ginn)of)iier  oon  ^rlanb,  | 
von  I  ben  '^Ibcueorbneten  ber  'iseretnicjten  (SoIo= 
nien   |  '^ieiul)ampc()tre ,    ^Jcaffac^ufett^  =  'Bai), 
9{l}obe=  I  (S"i)lanb  unb  '^'ronibet^,  Connecticut, 
9ieu=  I  tjorf,  ';)ien)=5eviei),  ^^^ennU)(oanien,   ber 

I  'OJiebern  ©raff(^aften  an   ber  Xelmuare,  | 
']!}tan)Ianb,  'isirginien,  Oiorb=  unb  2ub=  |  (Sa= 
rolina,  im  ©eneral^Gongref?  -^n  "]^i)'\ia-  \  p()ia, 
[j*ic]  ben  16ten  Wm),  1775.  I  '^fet'ft  ber^| 
9Jieinunf(  be§  (General  =  Gongreffe^,  |  betreffenb 

I  (rincn  Gntfd)Iuf,  be§  i^aufeS  ber  ©e^  |  mei= 
ncn  uon  ©rofjbrittcinnien ,  |  com    20j'ten  ^-6= 
bruari),    1775.   |      ^^U)ilabe(p[)ia ,   |   gebructt 
unb  ^u  befommen  bei)  cS^enrid)  'OJHlier,    in  | 
ber  ::l{ec^=ftraf5e,  177.5.  Iti".    pp.  16. 

Journal.     May  to  July. 

74.  Journal  /  of  the  /  Proceedings  /  of  the  / 
Congress,  /  held  at  /  Philadelphia,  May  lo, 
1775.  /  Philadelphia :  /  Printed  and  Sold  by 
William  and  Thomas  /  Bradford,  at  the  London 
Coftee-House.  /  m.dcc.lxxv./ 

8°.     pp.  (4),  iv,  239.     P.H.S. 

75.  Journal  /  of  the  /  Proceedings  /  of  the  / 
Congress,  /  held  at  /  Philadelphia,  /  May  lo, 
1775.  /  Wilmington,  /Printed  by  James  Adams, 
in  Migh-street,  1776.  8'^.     pp.  10.     H. 

76.  Journal  /  of  the/Proceedings/of  the/Con- 
gress, /  held  at/  Philadelphia,  /  May  10,  1775-  / 
Published  by  Order  of  the  Congress.  /  Philadel- 
phia:  Printed;  /  London:  Re-printed  for  J. 
Almon,  opposite  /  Burlington-House  in  Picca- 
dilly, 1776.  8°.     pp.  (4),  200,  (8).     C. 

77.  Extracts  /  from  the  /  Votes  and  Proceed- 
ings /  of  the  /  American  /  Continental  Con- 
gress, /  held  /  At  Philadelphia,  loth  May,  1775/ 
Published  by  Order  of  Congress.  /  New- York  :/ 
Printed  and  Sold  by  John  Anderson,  /  at  Beek- 
man's-Slip.  /  m,dcc,lxxv.  8".     pp.  (2),  192. 

Though  this  is  called  "  Extracts,"  it  is  really  the  entire 
Journal. 

Journal.     Sept.  to  Dec. 

78.  Journal  /  of  the  Congress,  /  of  the  / 
United  States  /  of  /  America;  /  Continued./ 
Philadelphia:  /  Printed  and  Sold,  by  William 
and  Thomas  /  Bradford,  at  the  Coffee- House.  / 
M.DCC.Lxxvi.  S".     pp.  (4),  218.     P.H.S. 


14] 


1775  —  FEB-  ^9>  ^77^- 


[79-87 


Journal.     1774-1775. 

79.  Journals  /  of  /  Congress.  /  Containing 
the  /  Proceeiiings  from  Sept.  5,  1774,  to  Jan.  i, 
1776.  Published  by  order  of  Congress.  /Volume 
I.  /  Philadelphia:/  Printed  and  sold  by  R.  Ait- 
ken,  Bookseller,  Front-street.  /  m.dcc.lxxvii. 

S"-     pp.  {2),  310,  (iJ).     B.A.,  N.,  C.  163 

See  note  to  No.  \6x. 

This  is  the  first  volume  of  the  official  edition,  issued  at 
the  end  of  each  year.  1  sh.ill  ffive  each  volume  under  the 
year  at  which  the  proceedinijs  end,  as  they  were  practi- 
cally separate  works;  but  I  shall  also  give  a  title  and  col- 
lation  of  the  whole  series,  together  with  those  of  the 
reprints  of  iSoo  and  1823,  in  the  collected  works,  at  the 
end  of  this  list. 

Members  of  the  Congress. 

80.  A  List  of  the  Delegates  who  attended  the 
Congress,  /  held  at  Philadelphia,  May  10,  1775. 
[Philadelphia  :.>  1775.]  /        S".    Broadside.    P.L. 

Method  of  making  Salt-Petre. 

81.  Several  Methods  /  of  Making  /  Salt- 
Petre;  /  recommended  to  the  /  Inhabitants  /  of 
the  /  United  Colonies,  /  by  their  /  Representa- 
tives /  In  Congress,  /  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed 
by  W.  and  T.  Bradford.    1775.  /       S°.    pp.  12.   P. 

82.  Several  methods  /  of  making  /  salt-petre  ;/ 
recommended  to  the  /  inhabitants  /  of  the  / 
United  Colonies.  /  By  the  Honorable  /  Conti- 
nental Congress.  /  And  /  Re-published  by  Order 
of  the  /  General  Assembly  /  of  the  /  Colony  of 
Massachusetts-Bay.  /  Together  with  the  resolve 
of  said  Assembly,  /  and  /  An  appendix,  /  By 
Doctor  William  Whiting.  /  Watertovvn  :  /  Printed 
and  Sold  by  Benjamin  Edes,  near  the  Bridge,  / 
1775-  8°.  pp.  20.  B.A. 
Rates  of  Postage  of  Continental  Post-Office. 

83.  Tables  /  Of  the  Port  of  all  Single  Letters 
carried  by  Post  in  the  Northern  District  of  North 
America,  /  As  Established  by  /  Congress,  /  One 
Thousand   Seven    Hundred   and    Seventy-five.  / 

/    [Signed]    B.    Franklin,    /   Post  Master 

General.  /  [Philadelphia:  1775.'] 

F°.     Broadside.     S.D. 
Directions  for  keeping  Post  Office  Accounts. 

84.  Directions    to    the   Deputy  Post-Masters, 

for     keeping     their    accounts [signed]     B. 

Franklin.  F".     Broadside.       P.H.S. 

1776. 

■January  24.     Address  to  Canada. 

85.  Aux  /  Habitants  /  De  la  Province  du 
Canada.  /  [Philadelphia:]  Chez  Fleurv  Mesplet 
cS:  Charles  Berger  [1776].       F".     Broadside.     P. 

Drafted  by  Livingston,  Lynch,  and  Wilson.  The  Eng- 
lish  original  is  printed  in  Force's  Archives,  4,  iv,  i6c1. 
See  note  to  No.  66.  •  t>      >       3J 

86.  Aux  Habitants  /  De  la  Province  du  Can- 
ada.    [Philadelphia:  Mesplet  &  Berger.    1776.] 

F".     Broadside. 
February  19.     Oration  on  Montgomery. 

87.  An  /  Oration  /  In  Memory  of  /  General 
>Iontgomery,  /  and  of  the  /  Officers  and  Sol- 
diers, /  Who  Fell  with  Him,  December  31,  177';,/ 
before  /  Qiiebec;  /  Drawn  up  (and  Delivered 
I-cbruary  19,  1776.)/  At  the  Desire  of  the  /  Hon- 
orable Continental  Congress.  /  By  William 
Smith,  D.D.  /  Provost  of  the  College  and 
Academy  /  Of  Philadelphia.  / /  Philadel- 
phia :  /  Printed  by  John  Dunlap,  in  Market- 
Street.  /  M,ixc,i.xxvi./     S".  pp.  (6),  44.   P.H.S 


88-100] 


Feb.   19  —  May   15,   1776. 


[15 


"  The  oration  was  an  insolent  performance.  Amotion 
was  made  to  thank  the  orator,  and  ask  a  copy,  but  opposed 
with  great  spirit  and  vivacity  from  every  part  of  the  room, 
and  at  last  withdrawn,  lest  it  should  be  rejected,  as  it  cer- 
tainly would  have  been,  with  indiufnation.  The  orator 
then  printed  it  himself,  after  leaving  out  or  altering  some 
offensive  passages." — Familiar  Letters:  of  John  Adams, 
167. 

88 New  York :   1776.     8".     pp. 

89 Philadelphia,  Printed;  /  London,/ 

Reprinted  for  J.  Almon mdcclxxvi. 

8°.     pp.  iv,  36.     B.A. 

90.  *  Philadelphia,  Printed:  /  Newcastle,  Re- 
printed bv  T.  Robson  and  Co.  And  sold  at  their 
Printing-office.  8°.     pp.  35.     P.L. 

gi.  *  Philadelphia,"  Printed:  /  Newport:    Re- 
printed by  Solomon  Southwick.  /  m,dcc,lxxvi./ 
80.     pp.  (2),  30.     P.L. 

92 Norwich,    Conn.     John  Trumbull. 

1776.  '  8°. 

March  16.    Proclamation  for  a  fast. 

93.  In  Congress,  /  Saturday,  March  16,  1776./ 
Philadelphia:  Printed  by  John  Dunlap.     [1776]. 

Po.     Broadside.     P. 

Prepared  and  introduced,  with  the  permission  of  Con- 
gress,  by  William  Livingston. 

94.  A  Proclamation  for  a  Continental  Fast.  / 
In  Congress,  Saturday,  March  16,  1776.  /  [Bos- 
ton: 1776.']  po.  Broadside.  M. 
March  23.     Resolutions  concerning  privateers. 

95.  In  Congress,  /  March  23,  1776.  /  Phila- 
delphia :  Printed  by  John  Dimiap.     [1776]. 

Po.     Broadside.     S.D.,  P.H.S. 
See  No.  97. 

March  27.     Sermon  on  Ward. 

96.  Death,  the  last  Enemy,  destroyed  by 
Christ.  /  A  /  Sermon,  /  Preached,  March  27, 
1776,  /  before  /  The  Honorable  /  Continental 
Congress;  /  on  the  Death  of/  The  Honorable  / 
Samuel  Ward,  Esq.  /  one  of  the  /  Delegates 
from  the  Colony  /  of  Rhode  Island,  /  who  died 
of  the  Small-Pox,  in  this  city,  /  (Philadel- 
phia) /  March  26,  Mi.  52.  /  Published  at  the 
desire  of  many  who  heard  it.  /  By  Samuel  Still- 
man,  M.A.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  Joseph 
Crukshank,  in  Market-street.  /  mdcclxxvi. 

S'^     pp.  28. 

April  3.     Additional  resolutions  concerning  pri- 
vateers. 

97.  In  Congress,  April  3,  1776. 

F".     Broadside.     N. 
See  No.  95. 

May  6.     Instructions  to  commanders  of  Ameri- 
can Vessels. 

98.  In  Congress,  May  6,  1776.    F°.   Broadside. 

May  15.     Resolution    concerning  state    govern- 
ments. 

99.  In  Congress  /  May  15,  1776.  /  Philadel- 
phia :  Printed  by  John  Diinlap.      [1776]. 

F'^.     Broadside.     P. 

The  resolve  of  May  10,  with  the  preamble,  drafted  by 
T'lhn  Adams,  John  Kulledge,  and  R.  H.  Lee,  adopted 
May  15.     The  resolve  was  written  by  John  Adams. 

100.  In  Congress,  May  15,  1776.  [Dresden  : 
Judah  Padock  &  Alden  Spooner.?     1777.] 

F°.     Broadside.     S.D. 

With  a  letter  from  Thomas  Young  and  a  note  from 
"  Your  Committee"  dated  April  12,  1777,  relative  to  Ver- 
mont's  position  toward  the  Continental  Congress.  See 
y<?«r«<j/,  June  2S,  1777. 


I6J 


July  4 —  12,  1776. 


July  4.     Declaration  of  Independence. 

loi.  In  Congress,  July  4,  1776. /A  Declara- 
tion bv  the  Representatives  of  the  United  States  / 
of  America,  in  General  Congress  Assembled. 
[Philadelphia:  John  Dunlap.      1776.] 

F".     Broadside. 

I  judge  this  to  be  the  first  edition  of  this  famous  paper, 
as  it  is  the  one  gumnicd  into  the  MS.  Journals  of  Congress 
by  the  Secretary. 

Thomas  Jefterson,  John  Adams,  Benjamin  Franklin, 
Kojrcr  Sherman,  and  Kobert  U.  Livingston  were  appointed 
June  II  by  Congress  a  committee  to  prepare  the  declara- 
tion. Jefferson,  at  the  request  of  the  committee,  wrote  the 
first  draft,  which  was  slightly  altered  by  Adams  and 
Franklin,  and  in  that  form  accepted  by  the  committee, 
who  reported  it  to  Congress  June  2S;  where,  after  debate 
and  amending,  it  was  adopted  Jul}'  4.  A  facsimile  of 
Jcfl'erson's  rough  draft,  showing  the  corrections  made  by 
Adams  and  Franklin,  is  printed  in  the  Charlottesville  and 
Boston  editions  of  his  "  Memoirs,"  as  edited  b^'T.  I.  Ran- 
dolph, and  in  the  first  issue  of  his  "  Writings,"  edited  by 
H.  A.  Washington  : — A  facsimile  of  a  fair  copy,  in  Jeffer- 
son's handwriting,  is  printed  in  volume  III  of  the 
"  I'apers  of  James  Madison":  —  A  copy  showing  the 
amendments  made  by  Congress,  in  comparison  with 
the  original  draft,  is  contained  in  all  the  editions  of  Jefler- 
son's  "  Memoirs  "  and  "  Writings."  In  1S24  Congress 
ordered  200  copies  to  lie  reproduced  in  facsimile  on  parch- 
ment, of  the  engrossed  copy,  and  this  plate  was  used  later 
to  print  that  contained  in  Force's  Archives  (v.  I.,  1595), 
and  has  also   been  used  to  print  a  separate   edition  on 

^)aper.  Both  Jcfterson's  draft  and  the  engrossed  copy 
lave  been  reproduced  in  facsimile  many  times,  and  there 
have  been  many  printed  edilions,  besides  the  contempo- 
rary editions  noted  herein.  In  the  Adams  Mss.  is  a  copy 
of  JefTerson's  draft,  in  the  writing  of  Adams,  made  be- 
fore even  Jefferson  had  made  his  corrections  and  inter- 
lineations. 

102.  In  Congress,  July  4,  1776.  /  Declaration  / 
By  the  Representatives  of  the  /  United  States  of 
America,  /  In  General  Congress  assembled.  / 
/  Philadelphia  :  Printed  by  John  Dunlap. 

¥".     Broadside.     S.D. 

103.  In/  Congress, /July  4,  1776 /A  Declara- 
tion /  By  the  /  Representatives  /  of  the  /  United 
States  of  America,  /  In  General  Congress  as- 
sembled  / /     Salem,    Massachusetts-Bay: 

Printed  [by  Ezekiel  Russell.?]  F".  Broadside.  M. 

104.  In  Congress,  July  4,  1776  /  Declaration  / 
By  the  Representatives  of  the  /  United  States  of 
America  /  In  General  Congress  Assembled. 

F°.     Broadside. 
Measures  15  X  '9i  inches. 

105.  In  Congress,  July  4,  1776.  /  The  unani- 
mous   Declaration   /  of  the  /  Thirteen    United 

States  of  America.  / /  Baltimore,  in   Marv- 

land:     Printed    by    Mary    Katherine  Goddard'./ 
[1777]  F".     B.     B.P.L. 

The  first  edition  of  the  Declaration  printed  for  the  Con- 
gress  was  issued  before  it  was  engrossed  on  parchment, 
and  signed.  It  was  therefore  merely  signed  by  Hancock, 
and  attested  by  Thomson.  This  edition  was'printed  for 
the  Congress  "with  the  list  of  the  several  members  of 
Congress  subscribed  thereto,"  to  be  filed  in  the  archives 
of  each  slate. 

July  12.    First  draft  of  Articles  of  Confederation. 

106.  Articles  /  of  /  Confederation  and  Per- 
petual   Union    /   Between    the    Colonies    of    / 
New  Hampshire,  /   The  Counties  of  Xew-Castle, 
Massachusetts-Bay,  Kent  and   Sussex  on  Dela- 
ware, 

Rhode-Island,  Maryland, 

Connecticut,  Virginia, 

New- York,  North- Carolina, 

New-Jersey,  South-Carolina,  and 

Pennsylvania,  Georgia. 

[Philadelphia:   1776.]        F".     pp.8.     S.D. 


July  12  —  Sept.  20,   1776. 


107-113] 

Drafted  by  a  committee,  of  one  from  each  state.  The 
orieinal  draft  is  in  the  handwriting  of  John  Dickinson. 

"Ordered,  That  eighty  conies,  and  no  more,  of  the  con- 
federation, as  brought  in  by  the  committee,  be  imme- 
diatelv  printed,  and  be  deposited  with  the  secretary,  wbo 
shall 'deliver  one  copy  to  each  member. 

That  the  printer  be  under  oath  to  deliver  all  the  copies, 
which  he  shall  print,  together  with  the  copy-sheet  to  the 
secretary."  —  Journal. 

July  19.     Resolve  concerning  volunteers. 

T07  In  Congress.  July  19,  1776  [Philadelphia  : 
,776].  4"-     PP-(3)-     P-H.S. 

"  A  resolution  recommending  the  Convention  of  Penn- 
svlvania  to  hasten  the  March  of  the  Associates  into  New 
Jersey,  with  order  of  the  date  from  the  ConvenUon  to  the 
t.donel  or  Commanding  Officer  of  the  Battalion  of  the 

County  of ."  —  Hildeburn. 

July  20.     Plan  of  Treaties. 

108.  (.1)  There  shall  be  a  firm,  inviolable, 
and  universal  peace,  and  a  true  and  /  sincere 
friendship  between  A.  and  B.  and  the  subjects  of 

A.  and  B / [Philadelphia :   1776]. 

F°.     pp.  5.     S.D. 
"  Resolved,    That  the  committee  to  prepare  a  plan  of 
treaties  to  be  proposed  to  foreign  powers,  consist  of  five  : 

The  members  chosen,    Mr.  Dickinson,   Mr.   Frankhn, 
Mr.  T.  Adams,  Mr.  Harrison,  and  Mr.  R.  Morris....... 

Resolved,  That  the  plan  of  treaties  be  printed  for  the  use 
of  the  members,  under  the  restrictions  and  reguIaUons  pre- 
scribed for  printing  the  plan  ot  contederation ;  [see  No.  io6j 
and  that,  in  the  printed  copy,  the  names  of  persons,  places 
and  stales,  be  omitted."  —Journal.  ,  .     t-.         , 

Reprinted  in  the  Secrel  Journals,  11,  7,  and  in  Force  s 
Archives,  v.  i.,  1344-      The  pLan  was  draUed  by  Adams  . 
see  his  Works,  11.,  516. 
August  14.     Specimen  of  Journal. 

log.  Journal  of  Congress  /  Wednesday,  Au- 
gust  14,    1776.      [Philadelphia:     Charles    Cist. 

A  specimen  sheet,  printed  by  Cist  to  accompany  his  pro- 
posais  for  printing  the  Journal. 

August  20.     Second   draft   of  Articles  of  Con- 
federation. 

no.  Articles  /  of  /  Confederation  and  Per- 
petual Union  /  Between  the  Colonies  of  / 
New-Hampshire,  /The  Counties  of  New- Castle, 
Massachusetts-Bay,  Kent  and  Sussex  on  Dela- 
ware, 
Rhode-Island,  Maryland, 

Connecticut,  Virginia, 

New-York,  North-Carolina, 

New-Jersev,  South-Carolina,  and 

Pennsylvania,  Georgia. 

[Philadelphia:  1776-]         F°.     pp.6.     S.D. 

Printed  under  the  same  restrictions  as  the  first  draft, 

No.  106.     See  No.  151. 
September  20.     Revised  Articles  of  War. 

111.  Rules  /  and  /  Articles  /  for  the  better  / 
Government  /  of  the  /  Troops  /  Raised,  or  to 
be  raised  and  kept  in  pav  bv  /  and  at  the  expence 
of  the  United/States  of  America.  /  Philadelphia  :/ 
Printed  bv  John  Dunlap,  in  Market-Street.  / 
M,DCc,LXXVi.  /  8°.     pp.  36-     C.,  M.,  P.,  N. 

1 12.  Rules  and  Articles  for  the  better  Govern- 
ment of  the  Troops  raised,  or  to  be  raised,  and 
kept  in  Pav,  bv  and  at  the  Expence  of  the  United 
States  of  America.  In  Congress,  September  20, 
1776 [Philadelphia?  1776.']       12°.     pp.  25. 

Title  from  Sabin. 

113.  Rules  /  and  /  Articles  /  for  the  better 
Government  /  of  the  /  Troops  /  Raised,  or  to  be 
raised  and  kept  in  pav  /  by  and  at  the  expence 
of  the  Uni-  /  ted  States  of  /  America.  /  Phila- 
delphia, Printed  :  Fisk-Kill,  /  Re-printed  by  S. 
Loudon.     M.DCC.LXxvi.  /  12°.     pp-  3i- 


[17 


18] 


Sept.  20 — Dec.  ii,  1776. 


[i 14-123 


114.  The  Rules  and  Articles  of  War,  For  the 
Government  of"  tlie  Troops  of  the  United  States. 
Extracted  from  the  Journals  of  Congress  for  the 
vear  1776.  Baltimore:  Printed  bv  Philip  Ed- 
wards.   MDCCXCIV.  S".      pp.  28. 

October  3.     Resolve  to  borrow  $5,000,000. 

115.  In  Congress,  /  October  3,  1776.  [Phila- 
delphia:]   Printed  bv  John  Dunlap  [1776]. 

F".     Broadside.      P. 

Oct.  21.     Oath  of  Allegiance. 

116.  I  /  do  acknowledge  the  United 
States  of  Ame-/rica  to  be  Free,  Independent  and 
Sovereign  States,  /  [Philadelphia.'      1776] 

16°.     Broadside.     P.L. 
Nov.  18.     U.  S.  Lottery. 

116.*  United  States  Lottery  No.  /  Class  the 
first.  /  This  Ticket  entitles  the  Bearer  to  receive 
/  such  Prize.  . .  /  [Philadelphia  1776]. 

Min.  Broadside.     P.L. 

December  10.     Address  to  the  people. 

117.  The  Representatives  of  the  United  States 
of/ America,  in  Congress  assembled,  /  To  the 
People  in  General,  and  particularly  to  the  In- 
habitants /  of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  adjacent 
States.    [Philadelphia:   1776] 

F".     Broadside.     P. 
Drafted  bv  Witherspoon,  Tl.  II.  Lee  and  J.  Adams. 

118.  T^Q  '^{Qf^mzmn^^mHQ^}}  ber 
iseieiniqtcn  3taatcn  |  von  'Jlmcrica,  im  (Son= 
gre^i  innfaminelt,  [  'Jin  ba^  l^olf  iiberl)aupt 
unb  an  bic  (i'iniuol)ner  "V'cnnU^IoanienS  |  unb 
ber  ani^ven,?cnbcn  '3taatcn  in^befonbere.  | 
[^|]f)i(abelpl)ta  :   .'penri(^ 'lliiller.     177G.] 

F".     Broadside. 
December  11.     Resolution  for  a  Fast. 

119.  [Resolved,  that  it  be  recommended  to  all 
the  United  States,  as  soon  as  possible,  to  appoint 
a  day  of  solemn  fasting  and  humiliation J 

Prepared  by  the  same  committee  who  prepared  llie  ad- 
dress of  December  10.  I  have  not  traced  a  copy  of  the 
Philadelphia  edition. 

120.  In  Congress.  December  II,  1776/  ..../ 
Hartford  :    Reprinted  bv  Ebenezer  Watson. 

F".      I  1. 

Extracts  fronn  Journal  relative  to  marine  affairs. 

121.  E.\tract  /  from  the  /Journals  of  Con- 
gress, /  relative  to  the  /  Capture  and  Condem- 
nation of  Prizes,/  and  the  /  Fitting  out  Priva- 
teers; /  together  with  the  /  Rules  and  Regu- 
lations of  the  Navj,  /  And  Instructions  to  the 
/  Commanders  of  Private  Ships  of  War.  /  Phila- 
delphia: /  Printed  by  John  Dunlap,  /  m.dcc,- 
Lxxvi.  80.     pp.  (2),  45.     P.H.S. 

122.  Extract  uit  de  Dag- Registers  van  hat 
Noord-Amerikaansche  Congres,  Betrekkl^k  tot 
het  neemen  en  verbeurdverklaaren  van  Scheeps- 
OrdonnantienenSchikkingenderZee-Vlort,en  de 
Pryzen  en  het  intrusten  van  Kaapers  ;  benevensde 
Instructien  voor  de  Bevelhebbcrs  der  Particuliere 
Oorlogschcpen.   Philadelphia.   1777.    8".    pp.  48. 

Title  from  Sabin.     No.  23510. 

Journal.     Sept.,  1775,  to  April,  1776. 

123.  Journal  /  of  the  /  Proceedings  of  Con- 
gress /  ileld  at  Philadelphia,  /  From  September 
5,    177s,     to     April    30,    1776.    /    Philadelphia: 


124-133] 


Dec.  II,  1776  —  April  4,  1777. 


[•9 


Printed ;  /  London  :  Reprinted  for  J.  Alnion, 
opposite  /  Burliiigton-IIouse,  Piccadilly  /  m.dcc- 
Lxxviii.  S".     pp.  262.     C,  N. 

Journal.     January  to  May,  1776. 

124.  The  /  Journals  /  of  the  /  Proceedings  /  of 
/  Congress.  /  Held  at  Philadelphia./  From  Janu- 
ary to  May,  1776.  /  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed  by  R. 
Aitken,  Bookseller,  opposite  the  /  London  Coftee- 
hoiise,  Front-Street.  /  m.dcc.lxxvi.  /  8°.     P.H.S. 

"Collation:  Title,  i  leaf ;  Journal  for  January,  pp.  1-9.?; 
Title,  I  leaf ;  Journal  for  tcbruary,  pp.  1-70;  Title,  i  leaf; 
Journal  for  March,  pp.  ■j;,-i^6;  Journal  for  April,  pp.  147- 
237.  The  second  title  is  :  Thc/Journals/of/Congress  / 
For  February,  1776./ Philadelphia  :/ Printed  and  sold  by 
R.  Aitken,  Front-Street.  /  m.dcc.lxxvi.  /  This  edition 
appears  to  have  been  issued  in  monthly  parts.  Aitkin 
.«ays  of  it,  '  I  was  ordered  [in  April  1776J  to  print  no  more 
in"  this  large  type,  and  to  begin  a  new  edition  beginning 
the  session  of  Congress,  which  rendered  the  sale  of  the 
above  abortive,  meantime,  1  sold  So  copies.  I  also  sold 
14  reams  of  this  edition  to  Benjamin  Flower,  for  the  use 
of  the  army  for  cartridges  at  30s.  per  ream.' "  —  Hilde- 
biirn. 

Journal.     1776. 

125.  Journals  /  of  /  Congress.  /  Containing 
/  the  /  Proceedings  /  From  January  i,  1776,  to 
January  i,  1777.  /  Published  by  order  of  Con- 
gress. /  Volume  11.  /  York-Town  :  [Pennsyl- 
vania] /  Printed  bv  John  Dunlap.  /  m.dcc- 
Lxxiii.  S".  (2),  520,  xxvii.  B.A.,N.,  C. 
Feb.  17.     Advertisement  for  Seamen. 

126.  [Advertisement  of  the  Continental  Navy 
Board  for  Seamen.  Philadelphia.  Robert 
Aitken.     1777.] 

This  and  Nos.  12S,  131,  136,  and  14S  are  taken  from  Hilde- 
burn's  Issues  of  the  Press  in  Pennsylvania  (No.  3536). 
He  quotes  them  from  Aitkin's  ledger.  300  copies  were 
printed. 

Feb.  25.     Resolutions  on  Desertions. 

127.  [Congress  took  into  consideration  the 
report  of  the  Committee  on  deserters  and  there- 
upon came  to  the  following  resolutions ] 

"  Order,  That  the  foregoing  resolve,  and  the  first, 
second,  and  third  articles  of  the  6th  section  of  the  Articles 

of  War,  he  published  in  the  several  jiapers, and,  also 

that  3C0  copies  be  printed  in  handbills  and  sent  to  camp." 
Journal. 

Feb.  26.     Letters  and   Orders   for   Continental 

Ships. 

128.  [Letters  and  Orders  for  Continental 
Ves.sels,  printed  for  the  Continental  Navy  Board. 
Philadelphia:  Robert  Aitken.     1777.] 

See  Note  to  No.  126.     250  copies  printed. 

Feb.  26.     Rate  of  Interest. 

129.  InCongress.  /  Baltimore,  February  26th, 

1777.   /    /  Baltimore:    Printed    bv  M.   K. 

Goddard.  F^.     Broadside.     P.L. 

Mar.  25.     Returns  of  Loan  Offices. 

130.  In  Congress,  /  March  25,  1777.  [Phila- 
delphia :  1777.]  F'^.  Broadside.  P.L. 
Apr.  I.     Resolution  of  Navy  Board. 

131.  [Resolve  of  the  Marine  Committee. 
Philadelphia  :  Printed  by  Robert  Aitken.    1777.] 

See  Note  to  No.  126.     150  copies  printed. 
Apr.  I.     Resolution  for  Paying  Troops. 

132.  In    Congress,/  April   i,    1777  / / 

Printed  by  John  Dunlap.     F°.    Broadside.     S.D. 

Apr.  4.     Resolution     on    Commissary    General 
of  Musters. 

133-     In    Congress,   /  April  4,    1777/ / 

Printed  by  John  Dunlap.  F".     i  1. 


20] 


April  7  — July  19,  1777. 


[134-147 


Apr.  7.    Resolution  on.  Continental  Hospitals. 

134.  In    Congress,  /  April  7,    1777/ / 

Printed  by  John  Dimlap.  F".     1  1. 

135.  In    Congress.  /  April   7,    1777.  / / 

Printed  bv  Hail  and  Sellers.     1779- 

P\      1  1.     S.D. 

Apr.  II.     Resolutions  concerning  Morvopoly. 

135-.     In  Congress,  /  April   11,  1777.  / / 

Printed  bv  John  Dunlap.  F".     Broadside. 

Apr.  12.     Rules  of  Navy  Board. 

136.  [Rules  arkd  Regulations  of  Coi>tinental 
Navv  Boixi-il.  Philadelphia:  Printed  by  R. 
Aitken.     1777.] 

See  Note  to  No.  126.     150  copies  printed. 

Apr.  14-     Resolution  on  Recruiting. 

137.  In  Con<5i-ess,  /  AprH  i-|th.  1777.  [Phila- 
delphia: 1777.]  F"-     Broadside. 

Apr.  14.      Resolution  for   Committee   of  Con- 
ference. 

138.  In  Congress.  /' April   14,   1777.  / /' 

John  Diuilapv  P'.     Broadside.     H.S.P. 

Apr.    14..      Revisioa  of  Rules  and  Articles  for 
Troops- 

139.  In  Congress,  April  14th,   1777/ /' 

PhiladelphJa  :  Printed  bj  John  Dunlap. 

F°.     Broadside. 

141.  In  Corsgress,  April  14,  1777.  [Phila- 
delphia:  1777-]  8".     pp.2. 

Probal>lv  printed  to^  add  tothe  nlready  printed  editions 
of  tlie  Rules.  Thomas  Heyward,  F.  L,  Lee,  and  Abra. 
hum  Clarke  were  tlie  revising  committee. 

142.  [Rales  and  Articles.  Philadelphia.''. 
1777.]  8P.     pp.  31,  2. 

The  copy  seen  lacked  the  title-page.  I  ha%'e  also  seen  a 
eopy  of  what  was  apparently  a  New  Jersey  edition,  pp.  30 
anil  more,  Ln.the  same  condition, 

143.  Rules  /  and  /  articles  /  for  the  better  / 
government  /of  the  /  troops  /  Raised,  or  to  be 
raised  and  kept  in  pa.y  by  /  and  at  the  e.vpence  of 
the  United  /  Stales  of/  Amei-ica.  /  Boston,  New- 
England  :  /  Printed  by  Benjamin Edes,  in.. Queen- 
Street.    /  M,I>CC,LXXVH.  / 

Apr.  29..    Resolution  on  Accounts. 

144.  In    Congress,   April    29,    1777  / / 


Philadelphia,  Printed  by  John  Dunlap. 

F".     Broadside. 

May  14.     Resolutions    on  Quartermaster's   De- 
partment. 

145.  In    Congress,    May    14,    1777./   / 

Philadelphia,  Printed  by  John  Dunlap. 

F".     I  I.     S.D. 

June  Lo.     Resolutions  on  Commissary  Depart- 
ment 

146.  In    Congress,   June    10,    1777.    /   / 

Philadelphia:  Printed   by  John  Dunlap  in  Mar- 
ket Street.  '  F".     pp.  4..     S.D. 

July  19.     Conduct  of  the  Enemy. 

147.  [Report  of  tlie  Committee  appointed  to 
enquire  into  the  conduct  of  the  Enemy,  with  affi- 
davits.] 

4,000  copies  in  Enfjlifch  and  2,000 copies  in  German  were 
ordt-red  "published  in  a  pamphlet"  by  the  Congress,  but 
it  i-.  questionable  if  it  ever  was  done,  as  no  copy  is 
uow  known  to  exist.     See  yoiirnais^,  HI,  143,  2S7. 


148-156] 


Aug.  II  — Nov.  15,  i 


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[2  1 


Aug.  II.     Advertisement  of  Navy  Board. 

148.  [Advertisement  for  the  encouragen)ent 
of  the  Navy  in  the  River,  by  the  Continental 
Navy  Board.]  4°. 

See  note  to  No.  126.     100  copies  printed. 

Sept.  6.     Report  of  Treasury  Committee. 

149.  In  Congress,  September  6,  1777  / / 

Philadelphia:  Printed  by  John  Dunlap. 

F".     Broadside.     S.D. 

Sept.  12.     Information  from  Army. 

150.  Chad's  Ford,  Sept.  11,  1777.  5  O'Clock, 
A.M.  /  Philadelphia,  Printed  by  John  Dunlap. 

F°.  Broadside. 
"  Letters  from  Robert  H.  H.irri.son,  and  General  Wash- 
ington to  John  Hancock,  announcing  the  loss  of  the  battle 
ot  Brandywine."  Title  and  note  from  Hildi'burn's  Issues 
of  the  Press  in  Pennsylvatiia.  Published  by  order  of 
Congress. 

Nov.  15.     Articles  of  Confederation. 

151.  Articles  /  of  /  Confederation  /  and  /  Per- 
petual Union  /  between  the  /  States  /of/  New- 
Hampshire,  Massachusetts-Bay,  Rhode-  /  Island 
and  Providence  Plantation,  Con-/necticut,  New- 
York,  New-Jersey,  Pennsyl-  /  vania,  Delaware, 
Maryland,  Virginia,  /  North-Carolina,  South- 
Carolina,  and  Georgia.  /  Lancaster  :/ Printed 
by  Francis  Bailey.  /  m,dcc,lx.x:vii. 

F".     pp.  26.     A.P.S. 

152.  Articles  /  of  /  Confederation  /  and  /  Per- 
petual Union  /  between  the  /  States  /  of/  New- 
Hampshire,  Massachusetts  Bay,  /  Rhode-Island 
and  Providence  Planta-/tions,  Connecticut,  New- 
York,  New- /Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Delaware, 
Ma-/ryland,  Virginia,  North-Carolina,  /  South- 
Carolina,  and  Georgia.  /  Annapolis  :/ Printed 
by  Frederick  Green  [1777J.       8°.     pp.  15.     P.L. 

153.  Articles  /  of  /  Confederation  /  and  /  Per- 
petual Union  /  between  the  /  States  /of/  New- 
Hampshire,  Massachusetts-Bay,  Rhode-Island  / 
and  Providence  plantations,  Connecticut,  New-/ 
York,  New-Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Delaware, 
Mar}'- /  land,  Virginia,  North-Carolina,  South- 
Carolina,  /  and  Georgia.  /  Lancaster,  (Pennsyl- 
vania.) printed:  /  Boston,  Re-printed  by  John 
Gill,  /  Printer  to  the  General  Assembly. /m.dcc- 
Lxxvii.  F°.     pp.  46.     B.A. 

154.  Articles  /  of  /  Confederation  /  and  /  Per- 
petual Union  /  between  the  /  States  /of/  New- 
Hampshire,  Massachusetts-Bay,  Rhode-  /  Island 
and  Providence  Plantations,  Con-/necticut,  New- 
York,  New-Jersey,  Pennsy-  /  Ivania,  Delaware, 
Maryland,  Virginia,  /  North  Carolina,  South 
Carolina,  and  Georgia.  /  E.veter,  New  Hamp- 
shire, /  Printed  by  Zechariah  Fowle.  /  m,dcc,- 
Lxxvii.  "  F".     pp.  8. 

155.  Articles  /  of  /  Confederation  /  and  /  Per- 
petual Union/ between  the  /  States  /of/  New- 
Hampshire,  Massachusetts  Bay,  Rhode  Island 
and  Provi-/dence  Plantations,  Connecticut,  New- 
York,  New-Jersey,  /  Pennsylvania,  Delaware, 
Maryland,  Virginiia,  North  Ca- /  rolina,  South- 
Carolina,  and  Georgia.  /  Lancaster,  Printed,  / 
Newbern  :  Re-printed  by  James  Davis,  /  mdcc- 
Lxxvn.  "  Y°.     pp.  9.     C. 

156.  Articles  /of/  Confederation  /and  /  Per- 
petual Union  /  between  the  /  States  /of/  New- 
Hampshire,  Massachusetts-Bay,  Rhode-  /  Island 
and  Providence  Plantations,  Connec-/ticut,  New- 
York,  New-Jersey,  Pennsylva-  /  nia,   Delaware, 


22  I 


Nov.   15,   1777. 


[157-164 


Maryland,  Virginia,  North  /  Carolina,  South- 
Carolina,  and  Georgia.  /  New- London  :  Printed 
bv  Tiinothv  Green,  Printer  to  /  the  State  of 
Connecticut.  /  M,ucc,LXXvii.         F^.    pp.11.    C. 

157.  Articles  de  Confederation  &  d'Union 
perpetuelles  entre  les  Etats  de  Nouvel  Hamp- 
shire. Baie  de  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island, 
Connecticut,  Nouvelle  York,  Nouvelle  Jersey, 
Pennsylvanie,  Les  Comtes  de  New  Castle.  Kent 
&  Sussex  sur  la  riviere  Delaware,  Maryland, 
\'irginie,  Caroline  Septentrionale,  Caroline 
Meridionale,  Georgie,  etc.,  [Philadelphia. ''J 
MDCCLXXVII.  S°.  pp.   16. 

Title  fToin  the  Carter  Brown  Catalogue. 

"  Th:it  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  to  procure  a 
translation  to  be  made  of  the  articles  of  Confederation  in- 
to the  French  Lanjiuajre  . . .  The  nirmbcrs  cliosen,  Mr. 
Duer,  Mr.  Lovell,  and  .Mr.  V .  L.  Lee." — Journal. 

158.  Articles  /  of  /  Confederation  /  and  / 
Perpetual  Union  /  between  the  /  States  /  of 
New-Hampshire.  Massachusetts-Bay,  Rhode-  / 
Island  and  Providence  Plantations,  Con-/necti- 
ciit,  New-York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsyl-  /  vania, 
Delaware.  Maryland.  Virginia,  /North  Carolina, 
South  Carolina,  and  Georgia.  /  Williamsburg: 
/Printed  by  J  Dixon  &  VV.  Hunter.  /  m,dcc,- 
Lxxvni.       "  4°.    pp.  15.     C. 

159.  Articles  /  of  /  Confederation  /  and  / 
Perpetual  Union  /  between  the/  States /of/  New- 
Hampshire,  Massachusetts  Bay,  Rhode  Island, 
and  Providence  Plantations,  /Connecticut,  New 
York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania,  Delaware, 
Maryland,  /  Virginia,  No:th  Carolina,  South 
Carolina,  and  Georgia.  /  Williamsburg  :/  Printed 
by  Alexander  Purdie.  F°.     2  I. 

161.  The  /  Articles  /  of  Confederation  ;  /  the 
/Declaration  of  Rights;  /  the  Constitution  of 
this  Commonwealth  /  and  the  /  Articles  of  the 
Definitive  Treaty  /  between  /  Great-Britain  and 
the  United  /  States  of  America.  /  Published  by 
Order  of  the  General  Assemblv  /  Richmond: 
/  Printed  by  Dixor.  and  Holt.      [1784] 

12".     pp.  35.     C. 

162.  5(rtifc(  I  :rc^?  j  53inibcv^  |  Uiib  bcr  | 
3ninicniid()rciibcn  \  (iintradit  ;  3'uiiclicn  bcr 
staatcn  noii  |  OiciU'.s'')iiinp|l)irc  -llainad)u= 
Ktt{<=^in),  I  ^)i()obc-(Sl)(anb  iinb  %MOuibciicc 
%{<\\\-  I  tac)cn,  (Soitticcticut,  'D(CU->l)ord,  ~:)(Cii- 
3crfci).  iNciiiiuidmiiicn,  T)c(aH)arc,  |  3J?an)= 
Umb,  i^iViiiiiiLMi,  -Jcorb=(Saro=  |  \\\\\\,  ^ub^ 
liarolina,  iiiib  Wjoriiicn.  |  %.\\%  bcm  (5n* 
i-<lil'd)cn  llibcridit.  I  Vaucal'tcr  |  tS^cbntcft  iiiib 
511  l)alicn  bci)  Avaiiciv?  ;8ailcl).  |  .mdcclxxviii, 

I  iGnio   pp.  k;.     II.  s.  P. 

Resolutions  concerning  Commerce. 

163.  Resolves  of  Congress  /  concerning  / 
Trade.  /  Together  with  the  Act  for  establishing 
a/  Naval-Office  /  In  the  State  of  Massachusetts- 
Bay.  /-Also, /The  Forms  established  bv  the 
General  /  Court  to  be  used  by  the  Naval-Officers 
in  /  said  State.  /  Printed"' by  Order  of  said 
Court  /  Boston :  N.  E.  /  Prnited  by  J.  Gill, 
.M.DCC.LXXVII.  8".      pp.  28.      M. 

Journals. 

164.  Journals  /of/  Congress,  /  Containing/ 
the  /  Proceedings  /  From  January  ist,  1777, 
to  January   ist,    1778.  /  Published   by  order   of 


165-173] 


Nov.   15,   1777  — May  4.   1778. 


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Congress.  /  Volume  III.  /  Philadelphia.  /  Printed 
bj  John  Dunlap.  8°.     pp.  603,  xxii. 

As  oriijfiiiallv  issued  this  volume  contained  6  additional 
leaves,  being^  the  index  to  volume  I,  but  as  these  have  gen- 
erally been  removed  and  placed  in  that  volume,  I  hiive  not 
included  them  in  the  above  collation. 

1778. 

Feb.  3.     Oath  of  Allegiance. 

165.  I  /do  acknowledge  the  United  States 
of  Ame-/rica  to  be  Free,  Independent  and  Sov- 
ereign States, /      16°.     Broadside.     P.L. 

By  an  oversi>jht,  this  title  was  given  under  Oct.  21, 
1776',  though  it  IS  the  revised  oath  of  allegiance  adopted 
Keb.3,  .77S. 

Feb.  3.   Resolutions  concerning  Disaffected  Per- 
sons. 

166.  In  Congress,  /  February  3,  177S. 

F".     Broadside.     S.,  V.S. 

Feb.  6.     Treaty  with  France.     See  No.  173. 

Feb.  6.     Resolutions  on  Hospitals. 

167.  Rules  and  directions  /  for  the  better  regu- 
lating the  Militar}  Hospital  of  the  United  States  : 
/  In  consequence  of  a  Resolve  of  the  Honourable 
the  Continental  Congress,  the  6th  of/  February, 
177S;  to  be  punctually  observed  by  the  Officers, 

Nurses.  &c.  of  the  /  Eastern  Department.  / 

[signed]  P.  Turner,  Surg.  Gen.  M.  H.  E.  D.  - 

F".     Broadside. 

Feb.  27.     Resolutions  concerning  Loyalists. 

168.  The  deluded  tools  of  the  enemy,  %vho  are 
committing  treason  against  America,  would  / 
do  well  to  peruse  the  following  Resolution  of 
Congress  with  attention.  They  may  /  rest  as- 
sured, those  of  them  who  shall  be  hardy  enough 
to  violate  the  act,  will  meet  with  /  condign  and 
exeinplary  punishment  whenever  they  are  taken./ 
February  27,  177S.  F".     Broadside.     M. 

Mar.   2.     Resolutions  concerning  Cavalry. 
i6g.     In  Congress,  /  March  2,  1778. 

F".     Broadside.     S. 

Apr.  6.   Resolutions  concerning  Pulaski's  Corps. 

170.  Congress  having  resolved  to  raise  a  Corps 
consisting  of/  Infantry  and  Cavalry,  to  be  com- 
manded bv  General  /  Count  Pulaski,  .  .  .  / 

4°.     Broadside.     V.S. 

Apr.  23.     Resolutions  concerning  Pardons. 

171.  In  Congress,  /  April  23,  177S  / / 

Yorktown  :  Printed  by  Hall  and  Sellers. 

40.     Broadside.     S. 
"  Ordere J,  That  five  hundred  copies  m  English  and  two 
hundred  in  German  be  printed."  —  yournal. 

May  2.     Resolutions  concerning  Lottery. 

172.  In  Congress,  Mav  2.  177S. 

S".     Broadside.     V.S. 

May  4.     Treaty  with  France. 

173.  Treaties  /  of  /  Amity  and  Commerce,  / 
and  of /Alliance  /  Eventual  and  Defensive  /  be- 
tween /  His  Most  Christian  Majesty/  and  the  / 
Thirteen  United  States  /  of  America.  /  Philadel- 
phia: /  Printed  by  John  Dunlap.  /  .mdcclxxviii. 

40.    pp.  (2)  10,  (2)  11-34. 
"  Ordered,  That  three  hundred  copies  of  the  Treaties  of 
Amity  and  Commerce,  and  of  Alliance  ...  be   printed." 
— Journals. 


^4] 


May  4  — Ji-N^^  3-   ^77^- 


[174-186 


174.  Treaties  /  of  /  Amity  and  Commerce,  / 
and  of  /  Alliance  /  Eventual  and  Defensive,  / 
between  /  His  Most  Christian  Majesty  /  and  the  / 
Thirteen  United  States  /  Of  America.  /  Hart- 
ford :  /  Re-printed,  and  sold  by  Hudson  and 
Goodwin.  /  mdcclxxix.  S".     pp.  3--     P-|^- 

175  The  Treaties  between  His  Most  Chris- 
tian Majestvand  the  Thirteen  United  States  of 
\nierica.  "  Philadelphia  printed,  London  re- 
printed by  J.  Stockdale.  MDCCLXXXii.  8«.   pp.  40- 

176.  The /Treaties  of  Amity  /  and  /  Com- 
merce, /  and  of/ Alliance, /Eventual  and  De- 
fensive, /  between  His  Most  Christian  Majesty  / 
and  the  /  Thirteen  United  States  /  of  /  North 
America.  /  Norwich  :  /  Printed  by  John  Trum- 
bull, at  the  /  Printing  Office  near  the  xMeeting- 
House.  /  M.DCC.Lxxix.  /  S«.     pp.  ::4-     M. 

177.  _|_  Newbern,  N.  C  Printed  by  John 
Davis.    177S. 

Title  from  Week's  rrinting  in  North  Carolina. 
180.  The  /Articles/  Published  by  Congress,  / 
of  a  /  Treaty  of  Ainitv  and  Commerce,  /  and  of 
a  /  Treaty  of  Alliance  /  Between  the  Crown  of 
France  /And  these  United  States,  /  Duly  en- 
tered into  and  executed  at  Paris,  on  /  the  6th  day 
of  Februarv  last,  bv  a  Minister  /  properly  author- 
ized bv  His  Most  /  Christian  Majesty  on  the  one 
part,  and  the  Commissi- /oners  of  Congress  on 
the  other  part.  /  Also  the  /  Articles  /  of  /  Con- 
federation and  Perpetual  /  Union  /  Between  the 
United  States  of  America,  as  pro-/poscd  by 
Congress  to  the  Legislatures  of  the  /  different 
states.  /  Lancaster:  Printed  by  John  Dunlap. 

Sm.  12°.     pp.  (2)  2-12,  (17). 

May  9.     Address  to  the  Inhabitants. 

181.  Address  of  the  Congress  /  to  the  /In- 
habitants of  the  United  States  of  America.  / 
Lancaster,  printed  by  John  Dunlap. 

F<*.     Broadside. 

Drafted  by  R.  H.  Lee,  Samuel  Chase  and  Governeur 
Morris.     It  was  adopted  May  Slh. 

In  Lee's  Life  of  K.  H.  Lee  it  is  claimed  that  it  is  from  his 
pen,  but  on  the  contrary  Sparks  in  his  Life  of  G.  Morris 
states  that  the  rou^h  draft  is  among  the  Morns  papers,  in 
Morris'8  handwriting. 

May  9.     Address  to  the  Inhabitants. 

182.  An  /  Address  of  the  Congress  /  to  the  / 
Inhabitants  of  the  United  States  of  America.  / 
York-Town  :   Printed  by  Hall  and  Sellers. 

F°.     Broadside. 

May  9.     Proclamation  concerning  Privateers. 

183.  A  Proclamation.  /  Lancaster,  Printed  by 
John  Dunlap.  F".     Broadside.     S. 

184.  A  Proclamation  / /  Given  in  Con- 
gress at  York,  in  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  this 
Ninth  /  Dav  of  May,  Anno  Domini  One  Thou- 
sand Seven^'Hundredand  Seventy-Eight.  /Henry 
Laurens,  President.  /.-../  York  town  :  Printed 
by  John  Dunlap.  F°.  Broadside.  V.S. 
May  27.     New  Regulations  for  Army. 

185.  In  Congress,  /  27th  May,  177S  /  Estab- 
lishmentofthe  /  American  Army.  /York-Town  : 
Printed  by  John  Dunlap.  F".  i  1. 

See,  also,  under  Nov.  24,  1778. 
June  3.     Prize  Numbers  in  Lottery. 

186.  A  List  /  of  the  /  Fortunate  Numbers  /  in 
the  /  First  Class  /  of  the  /  United  States  Lot- 
tery.  / /  Printed  by  Hall  and  Sellers. 

SO.     pp.55- 


187-194] 


Aug.  14 — Nov.  24,  1778. 


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Aug.  14-    Resolutions  on  supplying  Enemy  with 
Food. 

187.  In  Congress,  /  August  14,  1778  /    

/  Printed  by  Hall  and  Sellers.      1779- 

4°.     Broadside. 

Aug.  21.     Court  Martial  of  Charles  Lee. 

188.  Proceedings  /  of  a  /  General  Court  Mar- 
shall, /  Held  at  Brunswick,  /  In  the  State  of 
New-Jersey,  /  by  order  of  /  His  Excellency  / 
General  Washington,  /  Commander  in  Chief  / 
Of  the  Army  of  /  The  United  States  of  America. 
/  For  the  Trial  of  /  Major  General  Lee.  /  July 
4th,  177S.  /  Major  General  Lord  Stirling,  Pres- 
ident. /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  John  Dun- 
lap,  in  Market  Street  /  mdcclxxviii. 

F°.     pp.  62. 

"  Ordered,  That  one  hundred  copies  of  the  proceedinors 
of  the  court  martial  on  the  trial  of  major  general  Lee,  be 
printed  for  the  use  of  the  members,"  — Journal. 

Reprinted  in  1S23  and  1S64. 

Sept.  19.     Report  on  Treasury  and  Finance. 

189.  Your  Committee,  to  whom  it  was  re- 
ferred to  consider  and  report  on  the  Currency  / 
and  Finance  of  these  United  States,  beg  leave  to 
report,/ F".  Broadside.     S.D. 

"Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  five  be  appointed  to 
consider  the  state  of  the  money  and  finances  ot  the  United 
States  and  to  report  thereon    .  .  . 

"The  members  chosen  Mr.  R.  Morris,  Mr.  Gerry,  Mr. 
R.  H.  Lee,  Mr.  Witherspoon  and  Mr.  G.  Morris    .  .  . 

"  Resolved,  That  sixty  copies,  of  said  report  be  printed 
for  the  use  of  the  members,  and  that  the  printer  be  under 
oath  not  to  divuljje  any  part  of  the  said  report,  nor  to 
strike  more  than  sixty  copies,  and  to  deliver  to  the  secre- 
tary of  Congress  said  copies,  together  with  the  proofs  and 
unfinished  sheets."  — Journal. 

Oct.  8.     Court  Martial  on  St.  Clair. 

190.  Proceedings  /  of  a  /  General  Court  Mar- 
tial, /  Held  at  White  Plains,  /  In  the  State  of  / 
New- York.  /  By  Order  of  his  Excellency  /  Gen- 
eral Washington,  /  Commander  in  Chief/  Of 
the  Army  of  /  The  United  States  of  America,  / 
For  the  Trial  of  /  Major  General  St.  Clair,  / 
August  25,  177S.  /  Major  General  Lincoln, 
President.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  Hall 
and  Sellers,  in  Market-Street.  /  mdcclxxviii. 

F°.     pp.  52.     Map. 

"  Ordered,  That  one  hundred  copies  of  the  proceedings 
of  the  court-martial  on  the  trial  of  major  general  St. 
Clair,  together  with  his  defence,  be  printed  for  the  use  of 
the  members."  — Journal. 

Oct.  8.     Resolutions  against  Limitation. 

191.  In  Congress,  /  October  8,  177S.  /  .... 
/  Philadelphia  :  Printed  by  John  Dunlap.  / 

F".  Broadside.     V.S. 
See  also  Xo.  204. 

Oct.  30.     Manifesto  on  Conduct  of  War. 

192.  By  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  / 
of  America.  /  A  .Manifesto.  F°.  Broadside. 

Nov.   17.     Proclamation  of  Thanksgiving. 

193.  A  Proclamation  /  /  Done  in  Con- 
gress, this  17th  Day  of  Noveinber,  1778  ...  / 
.  /  Henry  Laurens.  F°.  Broadside. 

Prepared  by  the  Chaplains  of  the  Congress. 

Nov.  24.     Resolutions  on  Continental  Army. 

194.  In  Congress  /  Noveinber  24,  177S. 


Settling  the  rank  of  officers. 


Fo.  Broadside.     M. 


26] 


Nov.  24,   1778 — Jan.   14.   1779. 


195.  In  Congress,  May  27,  1778.  /  Establish- 
ment of  the  American  Armv. 

"F°.  Broadside.     V.S. 
Contains  the  .-idditionul  resolves  of  May  29,  and  Nov.  24, 
1778. 

Dec.  3.     Court  Martial  of  Schuyler. 

196.  Proceedinijs  /  of  a  /  General  Court  Mar- 
tial, /  Held  at  MajorCeneral  Lincoln's  Qiiarters, 
/  Near  Qiiaker-Hiii.  /  In  the  State  of/  New- 
York,  /  By  Order  of  his  Excellency  /  General 
Washinifton,  /  Commander  in  Chief  /  Of  the 
Army  of  /  The  United  States  of  America,  /  For 
the  Trial  of/  Major  General  Schuyler,  /  October 
I,  r,  7S.  /  ^Iajor  General  Lincoln,  President.  / 
Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  Hall  and  Sellers,  in 
Market  street.  /  mdcclxxviii.  F".     pp.  62. 

Reprinted  in  Collections  of  the  N.  Y.  Historical  So- 
ciety for  iSycj. 

Health  of  Soldiers. 

197.  Directions  /  For  Preserving  /  The  Health 
of  /  Soldiers  :  /  recommended  to  /  The  Consid- 
eration of  the  /  Officers  /  Of  the  Army  of  the 
United  /  States.  /  By  Benjamin  Rush,  M.  D.  / 
Published  by  Order  of  the  Board  /  Of  War  / 
Lancaster:  Printed  by  John  Dunlap,  /  In  Qiieen- 
Street.  /  m.dcc.lxxviii.  12".     pp.  S. 

Reprinted  in  1S65  and  1S72. 
Journal. 

198.  Journal  /  of  /  Congress,  /  Containing  / 
the  /  Proceedings  /  From  January  ist,  177S,  to 
January  1st,  1779-  /  Published  by  order  of  Con- 
gress. /  Volume  IV.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed 
by  David  C.  Claypoole,  /  Printer  to  the  Hon- 
orable the  Congress. 

8°.     pp.  (2),  748,  Ixxxix,  (4). 

1779. 

Jan.  2.     Description  of  Counterfeits. 

199.  Description/of/Counterfeit  Bills,  /  Which 
were  done  in  Imitation  of  the  True  Ones  ordered 
by  the  Honorable  /  the  Continental  Congress,  / 
Bearing  Date  20th  May,  1777,  and  nth  April, 
1778.  '  Fo.     Broadside. 

Jan.  9.     Resolutions  on  Prisoners. 

200.  In  Congress,  /January  9,  1779  / / 

Philadelphia.  Printed  by  John  Dunlap. 

F<^.     Broadside. 

Jan.  12.     Circular  Letter  of  Instructions. 

201.  Treasury-Office,  January   12,  1779. 

F".     Broadside.     P.L. 
A  litter  to  the  Commissioners  of  the  loan  office  on  ex- 
changing the  counterfeited  emissions. 

Jan.  12.     Directions  for  retiring  Currency. 

202.  Instructions/  from  the  /  Board  of  Treas- 
ury /  to  the  respective  /  Commissioners  of  the 
Continental  /  Loan-Offices.  /  Treasury-Office, 
January  12,  1779.  F".     Broadside.     P.L. 

Jan.  14.  Address  to  the  People  on  the  Currency. 

203.  In  Congress.  January  13.  1779./ / 

Philadelphia,  Printed  by  Jolin  Dunlap. 

F<>.     I  1.     P.L. 

With  the  resolutions  adopted  Jan.  2,  and  Jan.  5,  and  the 
address  adopted  Jan.  i  ^,  1779.  The  portions  adopted  Jan. 
2  and  s  were  reported  by  the  board  of  treasury.  That  of 
Jan.  13,  by  a  committee. 

"  The  committee  on  the  treasury,  who  were  directed  to 
extract  from  the  journals  the  several  rest)lutions  respecting 
finance,  in  order  that  they  may  be  printed  reported  that 


204-2  13] 


Jan.   14  —  March  29,  1779. 


[27 


ihcv  had  executed  that  business,  and  are  of  the  opinion 
that  the  circular  letter  and  the  resolutions  of  the  2d  and 
:;th  instant  be  printed  on  one  sheet  .  .  .  fand]  that  one 
hundred  copies  ...  be  struck  oft".  .  .  .  Resolved,  That 
Congress  agree  to  the  report."  —  yournal. 

Jan.  14.     Resolutions  on  Currency. 

204.  In  Congress, /October  8,  177S.  / / 

I'hiladelphia.      Printed  by  Joiin  Dunlap. 

F".     Broadside.     P.L. 
With  the  additional  resolves  of  Nov.  19,  177S,  Jan.  i,  and 
Jan.  14,  1779.     Only  100  copies  printed. 

Feb.  I.     Journals.     See  No.  233. 
Feb.  23.     Orders    to    Commissioners    of    Loan 
Offices. 

205.  Treasury-Office,  /  February  23d,  1779. 

F«.     Broadside.     P.L. 

Mar.  2.     Resolutions  on  Arrearages. 

206.  In  Congress,  /  March  2,  1779  / / 

Printed  bv  Hail  and  Sellers.     1779- 

po.     Broadside.     D.S. 

Mar.  5.     Resolutions  on  Soldiers'  Certificates. 

207.  In    Congress,  March    5,  1779./ / 

Printed  by  Hall  and  Sellers.      1779-  / 

Y".     Broadside.      D.S. 

Mar.  6.     Resolutions  concerning  Admiralty  De- 
cisions. 

208.  In  Congress,  /  March  6,  1779.  / / 

Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  David  C.  Claypoole, 
Printer  to  /  the  Honorable  the  Congress  of  \he 
United  States  of  America.  /  F°.   Broadside.  V.S. 

Mar.  20.     Recommendation  of  Fast. 

209.  Proclamation.  /  Philadelphia:  Printed 
by  Hall  and  Sellers.  F«.     Broadside.     V.S. 

Drafted  by  G.  Morris,  Drayton  and  Paca. 
Mar.  23.     Ordinance  for  Clothing  Dep. 

210.  In  Congress,  /  March  it,,  1779-  /  Ordi- 
nance for  regulating  the  Clothing  Department 
for  the  Armies  of  the  United  States.  / 

F".     Broadside.     V.S. 

Prepared  by  Duane,  Root,  M.  Smith,  G.  Morris  and 
Laurens,  after  consultation  with  Washington. 

211.  In  Congress,  /  March  23,  1779.  /  Ordi- 
nance for  regulating  the   Clothing  Department 

for  /  the  Armies  of  the  United  States.  / / 

Printed  by  Hall  and  Sellers.  F°.      i  1.     D.S. 

Mar.  29.     Steuben's  Regulations. 

212.  Regulations  /  for  the  /  Order  and  Disci- 
pline /  of  the  /  Troops  /  of  the  /  United  States.  / 
Part  I.  /  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed  by  Styner  and 
Cist,  in  Second-street.  /  Mdcclxxix. 

12°.     pp.  154,  (9),  8  plates. 

"  A  letter  of  the  25th  from  baron  Steuben  was  read,  ac- 
companied with  a  system  of  regulations  for  the  infantry 
of  the  United  States;  also  a  letter  from  the  board  of  war, 
representing  that  baron  Steuben,  inspector  general,  has 
formed  a  s\  stem  of  exercise  and  discipline  for  the  infantry 
of  the  United  States:  that  the  same  has  been  submitted 
to  the  inspection  of  the  commander  in  chief,  and  his  re- 
marks thereon  and  amendments  incorporated  in  the  work  : 
that  it  has  been  examined  with  attention  by  the  board, 
and  is  hiyhly  approved,  as  being  calculated  to  produce 
important  advantages  to  the  states;  and  therefore  praying 
■  that  it  may  receive  the  sanction  of  Congress  and  be  com- 
iiitted  to  the  press  : '  whereupon,  .  .  . 

"Ordered,  That  the  board  of  war  cause  as  many  copies 
thereof  to  be  printed  as  they  shall  deem  requisite  for  the 
use  of  the  troops."  —  Journal. 

213.  Regulations  for  the  Order  and  Discipline 
of  the  Troops  of  the  United  States.  Part  I. 
Hartford:   Hudson  and  Goodwin.    [1779]. 

Sm.  S".     pp.  13S,  (6),  plates. 
Title  from  Steven's  Historical  Collections,  1.,  SS. 


2S] 


March  29  — Jllv  30,  i779- 


[2I3' 


213*.    +  Hartford.     N.  Patten.     [17S0.] 

214.  Regulations  /  for  the  /  Order  and  Disci- 
pline/ of  the  /  Troops  /  of  the  /  United  States./ 
Part  I.  /  Hartford:  /  Printed  hv  Hudson  tV 
Goodsvin.    [1782.]   12°.  pp.  89,  (6),  S  plates.  P.L. 

For  other  editions  see  under  17S6. 

214*.  Resjulations  /  for  the  /  Order  and  Disci- 
pline /  of  the  /  Troops  /  of  the  /  United  States.  / 
Part  I.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  Charles 
Ci-^t,  at  the  corner  of/  Fourth  and  Arch-streets. 

M.DCC.LXXXV.  S".       pp.    (4).    151    (?)■ 

Apr.  5.     Directions  for  Transmitting  Currency. 

215.  Treasurv-Othce.     April  5th.  1779. 

F".     Broadside.     P.L. 

Apr.  22.     Treasury  Reports. 

216.  Reports  /  of  the  /  Board  of  Treasury  / 
relative  to  finance   /  F".     7  11.     L.C.P. 

See  Journal  for  Apr.  22,  1779. 
May  10.     Report  on  Exchange  of  Prisoners. 

217.  Report  /  of  /  Commissioners  /  for  / 
Settling  a  Cartel  /  for  the  /  Exchange  of  Prison- 
ers. /  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed  by  David  C  Clay- 
poole  /  Printer  to  the  Honorable  the  Congress  of/ 
the  United  States  of  America.  /  mdcclxxix. 

8°.     pp.  20. 

Ordered,  That  the  report  of  Colonel  Davies  and  Har- 
rison to  the  Commander  in  Chief,  of  their  conference 
aforesaid  be  published.  —  your>ial. 

May  26.     Address  to  the  States. 

218.  To  the  /  Inhabitants  /  of  the  /  United 
States  of  America  /  Philadelphia:  Printed  by 
David  C  Claypoole,  Printer  to  the  /  Honorable 
the  Congress"^of  the  United  States  of  America. 

°  F°.     I  1. 

Dickinson,  Dravton  and  Duane  were  appointed  to  pre- 
pare this.  It  was  written  by  Dickinson,  and  is  republished 
m  his  Writings,  11. 

219.  Address  of  the  Continental  Congress  to 
the  people  of  the  United  States,  with  the  endorse- 
ment of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Province. 

F°.     Broadside. 
Title  from  the  K.  S.  Drake  auction  sale  catalogue,  lot 
7.6. 

220.  To  the  /  Inhabitants  /  ot  the  /  United 
States  of  America.  /  [Hartford,  1779.] 

F".     Broadside.     P.L. 
With  the  order  of  Jonathan  Trumbull. 

221.  Circular  Letter  from  Congress  to  sustain 
the  credit  of  the  United  States.  Poughkeepsie. 
1779. 

Title  from  auction  catalogue. 

July  23.     Report  on  Departments. 

222.  [Report  of  a  committee  appointed  for 
enquiring  into  and  regulating  and  retrenching  the 
expenses  of  the  respective  boards  and  depart- 
ments.] ".     pp. 

"  The  committee  [of  Dickinson,  Sherman  and  Scudder] 
brought  in  a  repfirt. 

"cJ/'i/rr^c/,  That  sixty  copies  be  printed  for  the  use  of  the 
members."  —  yoiirnal. 

July  30.     Treasury  Ordinance. 

223.  In  Congress,  July  30,  1779.  /  Ordinance 
for  establishing  a  Board  of  Treasury,  and  the 
proper  /  Officers  for   managing  the  finances  of 


these  United  States. 


F".     Broadside.     D.S. 


224-230] 


Sept,  13  —  Dec.  3,  1779. 


[29 


Sept.  13.     Circular  Letter. 

224.  A  /  Circular  Letter  /  from  the  /  Congress 
/  of  the  /  United  States  of  America  /  to  their/ 
Constituents.  /  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed  h_v  David 
C.  Clavpoole,  /  Printer  to  the  Honorable  the 
Congress.  8°.     pp.  12.     H.S.P. 

On  Aug.  10,  it  was  "  resolved  that  a  committee  of  three 
be  appointed  to  prepare  a  circular  letter  to  the  several 
states,"  but  contrary  to  custom,  no  members  were  named, 
and  it  is  evident  that  while  the  Congress  agreed  to  the 
letter  ihey  could  not  agree  to  the  men  who  were  to  prepare 
it.  It  was  to  deal  partly  with  the  p'rench  alliance  and  the 
consequent  letters  of  the  F"rench  Minister,  and  the  Frank- 
lin-Deane-Lee  imbroglio  had  rent  the  Congress  into  fac- 
tions, each  of  which  feared  some  partizan  attempt  to 
influence  the  people  through  this  official  letter.  Finally 
after  nearly  a  month's  dead-lock  the  Congress  on  Sept.  S 
requested  their  president,  John  Jay,  to  prepare  a  letter, 
which  he  reported  Sept.  13,  and  which  was  unanimously 
accepted.  It  is  the  only  case  in  the  history  of  the  whole 
Continental  Congress  of  one  man  being  named  to  prepare 
a  paper. 

225.  A /Circular  Letter/  from  the  /  Congress 
/  of  the  /  United  States  of  America  /  to  their  / 
Constituents.  /  Philadelphia:  Printed  Septem- 
ber, 1779  /  Boston  :  Reprinted  by  Order  of  the  / 
General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  Massachusetts 
Bay.  "  8».     pp.  15.     P.L. 

226.  A  /  Circular  Letter /from  the /Congress 
/  of  the  /  United  States  of  America  /  to  their  / 
Constituents.  /  Philadelphia,  Printed:  /  New 
London:  Re-printed  by  T.  Green.       120.  pp.  19. 

Nov.  25.     Resolutions  for  Supplies. 

227.  In  Congress,  /  November  25th,  1779.  / 
/  Philadelphia  :  Printed  by  David  C  Clav- 
poole, Printer  to  the   Honorable   the  Congress. 

Fo.     Broadside.  '  D.S. 
Enumerating  the  articles  to  be  delivered  to  each  officer 
for  the  year. 

Dec.  3.     Table  of  Loan  Office  Certificates. 

228.  Table  /  Of  the  Sums  actually  in  circula- 
tion /  between  the  ist  of  September  and  the  / 
30th  of  November,  1779,  inclusive,  /  and  of  the 
Sums  that  will  be  in  circu-/  lation  froin  thence 
to  the  28th  of  Fe-/bruary,  1780,  to  serve  as  a 
rule  to  /  the  Commissaries  of  the  several  Loan-/ 
Offices  of  the  United  States  in  the  /  payment  of 
interest  due,  and  that  will  /  become  due,  on 
Loan-OtYice  Certifi-  /  cates.  /  [colophon]  Phila- 
delphia :  Printed  by  David  C.  Claypoole. 

80.     pp.  7.     N.J.H.S. 
Signed  Robert  Troup,  Secretary.    December  3d,  1779. 

Prize  Numbers  in  Lottery. 

229.  A  /  List  /  of  the  /  Fortunate  Nimibers  / 
in  the  /  Second  Class  /  of  the  /  United  States 
Lottery.  /  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed  by  John  Dun- 
lap,  in  Market-street   /  mdcclxxix.  / 

8°.     pp.  54.     H.S.P. 
Table  of  Interest. 

230.  A  /  Table  /  of  the  /  First  Years  Interest/ 
To  be  paid  on  the  Monies  which  have  /  been 
placed  in  the  several  Continental  /  Loan  Offices, 
between  the  1st  of  June  /  and  ist  of  December 
1778,  calculated  /  for  each  day  on  which  the 
Money  may  /  have  been  deposited  in  Pursuance 
of  a  Re- /solution  of  the  Congress  of  the  29th  of 
/June  1779:  / [signed]  R.  Troup. 

W.     pp.  7.     N.J.H.S. 

This  was  reported  by  the  board  of  treasury  Aug.  6,  1779, 
but  was  recommitted  by  order  of  Congress  on  Aug.  16. 
I  do  not  find  when  it  was  adopted. 


30] 


Dec. 


1/79- 


[231-23; 


Observations  on  the  Revolution. 

231.  Observations  /  on  the  /  American  Revo- 
lution. /  Published  /  according  to  a  resoUition  / 
of  Congress.  /  bv  their  committee.  /  For  the  / 
Consideration  of  those  who  are  desirous  /  oC 
comparing/ The  Conduct  of  the  opposed  Parties,/ 
and  /  Tlie  several  Consequences  which  have  / 
flowed  from  it.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by 
Stvner  and  Cist,  in  Second-Street./M  dcc  Lxxix. 

S«.    pp.  (4),  122. 

On  Oct.  26,  177S,  G.  Morris,  \V.  H.  Drayton  and  R.  H. 
Lee  were  appointed  a  coninuttee  "  to  suiierintend  the  pub- 
lication of  such  matters  relalinir  to  the  disputes,  petitions 
and  negotiations  to  and  with  the  court  of  Great-Britain. 
and  such  notes  and  explanations  thereon  as  to  them  shall 
appear  proper ;  and  that  thev  a}.'ree  with  the  printer  for  tliir- 
teen  hun.ired  copies  of  such  publication,  on  account  ot 
Contrress."  On  Nov.  13,  S.Adams  was  added  to  this  com- 
mittee and  they  were  "  impowend  to  proceed  in  the  pub- 
licition  as  thev  judtre  proper."  These  two  references  are 
the  only  ones' in  the  lournal  I  have  been  able  to  hnd  ;  but 
the  work  was  not  pulilished  till  early  in  Mar.,  i779- 

It  is  severely  attacked  bv  Common  Sense  (Thomas 
Paine)  in  the  Feiitisvlvmiia  Packet  for  Mar.  20,  1779,  and 
he  says  it  was  written  bv  Dra>ton  and  Morris,  the  latter 
performing  the  greater  part.  In  Spark's  Life  of  Morris 
it  is  said  to  be  entirely  written  by  him.  It  is,  however, 
largely  a  compilation. 

232.  4-  Providence.  Re-prrnted  by  John  Carter 
17S0.  S«.     pp.  126. 

Was  also  reprinted  in  Almon's  Remembrancer  for  1780. 

Journals.    January. 

233.  Journals  /  of  /  Congress  /  from  Friday, 
January  ist,  /  to  /  Monday.  February  ist,  1779. 
Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  David  C.  Oaypoole, 
Printer  to  /  the  Congressof  the  United  States  of 
America.  /  mdcclxxix.  F".     pp.  12. 

On  Mar.  51,  1779,  Congress  "  resolved,  Wiaiirom  the  first 
of  J;inuary  last  the  \ournal  of  this  house  ...  be  printed 
immediately;  and  that  for  the  future  [it]  ...  be  printed 
weekly."  In  pursuance  of  this,  three  monthly  parts,  for 
the  past  months  of  January,  February  and  March  were 
printed,  and  after  tliat  it  was  continued  each  week  in 
weeklv  parts. 

It  is"  needless  \n  say  that  these  monthly  and  weekly 
issues  are  of  the  greatest  rarity,  and  are,  moreover,  of 
value,  as  thev  include  much  malte'r  not  printed  in  the  orcU- 
nary  yearly  volume.  The  only  |)erfcct  copies  I  know  of 
are  in  the  Historical  Societv  of  Pennsylvania  and  the 
library  of  Gordon  L.  Ford,  ot'Brooklyn,  N^.  Y.  There  are 
a  few'odd  parts  in  the  N.  Y.  State  and  Connecticut  State 
libraries.  See  Proceedings  of  the  Massachusetts  His 
lorical  Society. 

Journals.     February. 

234.  Journals  /  of  /  Congress,  /  from  /  Mon- 
day, February  ist,  /to /Monday,  March  ist.  1779. 
/  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed  by  David  C.  Claypoole, 
/  Printer  to  the  Honorable  the  Congress  of  /  the 
United  States  of  America.  S".     pp    50. 

Journals.     March. 

235.  Journals  /  of  /  Congress  /  from  /  Mon- 
day, M:irch  ist,  /to  /Tuesday,  March  30,  1779, 
inclusive  /  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed  by  David  C. 
Claypoole,  /  Printer  to  the  Honorable  the  Con- 
gress of  the  United  States  of  An^.erica.  S".   pp.  56. 

Journals.     Weekly  issue. 

236.  journals  /  of /Congress,  /from  /  Wednes- 
day, March  thirty-first.  /  to  /  Saturday,  April 
teiith,  1779.  /  inclusive.  /  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed 
bv  David  C-  Claypoole,  /  Printer  to  the  hon.  the 
Congress  of/  the  United  States  of  America. 

8°.     pp.  24. 
The  first  of  the  Treekly  parts.    The  titles  of  the  follow. 
ing  successive  issues  vary  from  this  only  as  noted. 

237.  *  /  Monday,  April  12th,  /  to  /  Saturday, 
April  17th,  1779.  /  inclusive.  /  8".     pp.  19. 


238-265] 


Dec.  3,  1779. 


31 


238.  *  /  Monday,  April   19th,  /  to  /  Saturday, 
April  24th,  1779,  7  inclusive.  /  8".     pp.  24. 

239.  *  /  Saturday,   April  24th,  /  to  /  Monday, 
May  3d,  1779.  /  S".     pp.  16. 

240.  *  /  Saturday,    May    ist,  /  to  /  Monday, 
May  loth,  1779.  /    "  8^     pp.  15. 

241.  *  /  Monday,  May    loth,  /   to  /  Saturday, 
May  15th,  1779,  /'inclusive.  /  8°.     pp.  15. 

242.  *  /  Monday,    May    17th,  /  to  /  Saturday, 
May  22d,  1779,  /  inclusive.  / 

243.  *  /Monday,    May    24th,  /  to  /  Saturday, 
May  29th,  1779,  /  inclusive.  /  S''.     pp.  20. 

244.  *  /  Monday,    May   31st,  /  to  /  Saturday, 
June  5th,  1779,  /  inclusive.  /  8°.     pp.  15. 

245.  *  /  Monday,  June  7th, /to /Saturday, June 
12th,  1779,  /  inclusive.  /  8°.     pp.  19. 

246.  *  /  Monday,  June    14th,  /  to  /  Saturday, 
June  19th,  1779,  /"inclusive.  /  8''.     pp.  10. 

247.  *  /  Monda}',  June    21st,  /  to  /  Saturday, 
June  26th,  1779,  /  inclusive.  /  8".     pp.  13. 

248.  *  /  Monday,   June   2Sth,  /  to  /  Saturday, 
July  3d,  1779,  /  inclusive.  /  8°.     pp.  15. 

249.  *  /  Monday,  July  5th,   /  to  /  Saturday, 
July  i2th  [sic],  1779,  /  inclusive./  8".     pp.  7. 

250.  *  /  Monday,  July   12th,  /  to  /  Saturday, 
July  17th,  1779.  /inclusive.  /  8".     pp.  10. 

251.  *  /  Monday,  Julj'   19th,  /  to  /  Saturday, 
July  24th,  1779,  /  inclusive.  /  8°.     pp.'i4. 

252.  *  /  Monday,  July  26th,  /   to  /  Saturday, 
July  31st,  1779,  /  inclusive.  /  8°.     pp.  16. 

With  this  issue  the  imprint  wns  changed  to  "  Philadel- 
phia :  /  Printed  by  David  C.  Clayp"ole,  /  Printer  to  the 
Honorable  Congress,"  and  so  remained  for  the  rest  of  the 
series. 

253.  *  /  Monday,  August  2d,  /  to  /  Saturday, 
August  7th,  1779,  7  inclusive.  /  8°.     pp.  ii. 

254.  *  /  Monday,  August  9th,  /  to  /  Saturday, 
August  14th,  1779,  /  inclusive.  /  8°.     pp.  10. 

255.  *  /  Monday,  August   i6th,  /  to  /  Saturday 
2ist,  1779,  /  inclusive.  /  8**.     pp.  13. 

256.  *  /  Monday,  August  23d,  /  to  /  Saturday, 
August  28th,  1779,  /  inclusive.  /  8°.     pp.  14. 

257.  *  /  Monday,  August  30th, /to  /  Saturday, 
September  4th,  1779,  /  inclusive.  /      8".     pp.  12. 

258.  *  /  Monday,  September  6th,  /  to  /  Satur- 
day, September  nth,  1779,  /  inclusive.  / 

8°.     pp.  10. 

259.  *  /  Monday,   September   13th,  /  to  /  Sat- 
urday, September  iSth,  1779,  /  inclusive.  / 

8°.     pp.  22. 

260.  *  /  Monday,    September  20th,  /  to  /  Sat- 
urdav,  September  25th,  1779,  /  inclusive.  / 

8».     pp.  9. 

261.  *    /    Sunday,    September     26th,    /  to    / 
Saturday,  October  2d,  1779,  /  inclusive.      8°. 

pp.  II. 

262.  *  /  Monday,  October  4th,  /  to  /  Saturday, 
October  9th,  1779^/  inclusive./  8°.     pp.  n. 

263.  *  /   Monday,    October  nth,  /  to   /  Sat- 
urdav,  October  i6t"h,  1779,  /  inclusive.  /     8°. 

pp.  8. 

264.  *  /  Monday,   October  iSth,   /   to  /  Sat- 
urday, October  23d,  1779,   /  inclusive.  /     8". 

pp.  12. 

265.  *  /  Monday,  October   25th,  /  to  /  Satur- 
day, October  30th,  1779,  /  inclusive.  /  8°.  pp.  13. 


32] 


Dec. 


1/79  —  Sept.   i,   1780. 


[266-279 


266.  *  /  Monday,  November  ist,  /  to  /  Satur- 
day, November  6th,  1779.  /  inclusive.  / 

S".     pp.  7- 

267.  *  /  Monday,  November  Sth,  /  to  /  Sat- 
urday, November  "iJth,  1779,  /  inclusive.  / 

8".     pp.  II. 

268.  *  /  Monday.  November  15th,  /  to  /  Sat- 
urday, November '20th,  1779,  /  inclusive.  / 

8°.     pp.  (19-) 

269.  *  /  Monday,  November  22d,  /  to  /  Sat- 
urday, November  27th,  1779,  /  inclusive.  / 

8".     pp.  25. 

270.  *  /  Monday,  November  29th,  /  to  /  Sat- 
urday, December  4th,  1779,  /  inclusive.  / 

S°.     pp.  12. 

271.  ♦  /  Monday,  December  6th,  /to  /  Satur- 
day, December  nth,  1779,  /inclusive.  / 

8".     pp.  10. 

272.  *  /  Monday,  December  13th,  /  to  /  Sat- 
urday, December  iSth,  1779,  /  inclusive./ 

8».     pp.  12. 

273.  *  /  Monday,  December  20th,  /  to  /  Fri- 
day, December  31st,  1779,/  inclusive.  /  8°.  pp.i6. 

Journal. 

274.  Journals /of  /  Congress.  /  Containing 
/  the  /  Proceedings  /  From  January  i,  1779,  to 
January  i,  1780.  /  Published  by  Order  of  Con- 
gress. /  Volume  V.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed 
by  David  C.  Claypoole.  /  m,dcc,lxxxii. 

8°.     pp.  464,   (15),  Ixxiv. 

In  the  first  issue  of  this  volume  pages  25  and  28,  and  29 
and  32,  backed  each  other  and  were  duplicated.  There 
were  no  pages  26,  27,  30  and  31.  These  errors  are  cor- 
rected in  most  copies. 


1780. 

Feb.  25.     Resolution  on  State  Quotas. 

275.  In  Congress,  February  25,  1780. 

'  4°.     pp.  4.     P.L. 

A  resolution   fixing  the  quotas   of  supplies   from   the 
states  for  the  ensuing  campaign. 

May  2.     Instruction  for  Privateers. 

276.  In  Congress,  /  May  2,  17S0.  /  Instruc- 
tions /  to  the  /  Captains  and  Commanders  /  Of 
Private  Armed  Vessels,  /  Which  shall  have  Com- 
missions, or  Letters  of/  Marque  and  Reprisal. 

po.     I  1.     S.D. 

July  15.     Plan  of  Quarter  Master's  Dep't. 

277.  Plan  /  for  Conducting  /  The  Qiiarter- 
master  General's  Department,  /  Agreed  to  In 
Congress,  /  July  15th,  17S0.  /  Philadelphia:  / 
Printed  by  David  C.  Claypoole,  /  Printer  to  the 
Honourable  the  Congress.  /  m,dcc.lxxx. 

8°.     pp.  16.     L.C.P.,  S.D. 

Aug.  26.     Resolutions  on  the  Currency. 

278.  Extract  from  the  Journal  of  Congress.  / 
August  26,  1780.  /  po.     I  1. 

Sept.  I.     Proclamation. 

279.  By  the  United  States  in  Congress  /  As- 
sembled, /  A  Proclamation.  /   /  Done  in 

Congress,  this  First  Day  of  September,  in  the 
Year  of  our  Lord  One  /  Thousand  Seven  Hun- 
dred and  Eighty.  F".     Broadside. 


280-288] 


Sept.  25  — Oct.  30,  1780. 


[33 


Sept.  25.     Plan  of  Inspecting  Dep't. 

280.  Plan  /  For  /  Conductini^  /  tlic  /  In- 
spector's Department  of  the  /  United  States.  / 
Philadelphia  :  /  Printed  by  David  C.  Claypoole, 
/  Printer  to  the  Honourable  the  Congress. 

8".     pp.  8.     L.C.P. 

Sept.  30.     Plan  of  Hospital  Dep't. 

281.  Plan  /  for  /  Conducting  /  the  /  Hospital 
Department  of  the  /  United  States  /Philadelphia  : 
/  Printed  by  David  C.  Claypoole,  /  Printer  to 
the  Honourable  the  Congress.  S'\     pp.  8. 

Oct.  30.     Resolutions  on  Southern  Army. 

282.  In  Congress.  /  October  30,  1780.  / 

/  Philadelphia,  Printed  by  David  C.   Claypoole, 
Printer  to  the  Honourable  the  Congress. 

F».     Broadside.     P.L. 

Prize  Numbers  in  Lottery. 

283.  A  /  List  /  of  the  /  Fortunate  Numbers  / 
in  the  Third  Class  /  of  the  /  United  States  Lot- 
tery. /  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed  by  Hall  and  Sel- 
lers, at  the  /  New  Printing-Office,  opposite  the 
Jersey  Market.  /  m.dcc  lxxx.  / 

8».     Title,  I  1.     pp.  57.     P.H.S. 

Table  of  Interest. 

284.  Table  /  for  the  /  Payment  /  of  the  / 
Second  Years  Interest  /  due  on  /  All  Sums 
loaned  to  the  United  States  /  between  The  2Sth 
of  Februarv,  177S,  /  and  /  The  28th  of  February 
1780.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  David  C. 
Claypoole,  Printer  to  the  Honorable  the  Con- 
gress. 8°.     pp.  18.     N.J.H.S. 

Table  of  Loan  Office  Certificates. 

285.  Table  /  for  /  The  Payment  /  of  /  Prin- 
cipal and  Interest  of  /  Loans,  /  agreeable  to  / 
The  Resolutions  /  of  /  Congress,  /  of  /  The 
twenty-eighth  day  of  June,  /  1780.  /  Philadel- 
phia :  /  Printed  by  David  C.  Claypoole,  /  Printer 
to  the  Honourable  the  Congress.  /  m,dcc.lxxx. 

8°.     pp.  23.     P.H.S. 
Reprinted  in  Phillips'  Sketches,  11,  210. 

286.  Tables  /  for  /  The  Payment  /  of  /  Prin- 
ciple [sic]  and  Interest  /of/  Loans,  /  agreeable 
to  /  The  Resolutions  /  of  /  Congress  /of/  The 
twentv-eighth  day  of  June,  /  17S0.  /  Philadel- 
phia :7  Printed  a^'nd  Sold  by  T.  Bradford  /  in 
Front  Street,  the  fourth  door  from  /  the  Coffee- 
House.     1783.  i8mo.     pp.  36. 

Court  Martial  on  Arnold. 

287.  Proceedings  /  of  a  /  General  Court  Mar- 
tial /  of  the  Line,  /  Held  at  Raritan,  /  in  the 
State  of/  New  Jersey,  /  By  Order  of  his  Excel- 
lency /  George  Washington,  Esq.  /  General  and 
Commander  in  Chief/  Of  the  Army  of  the  / 
United  States  of  America,  /  For  the  Trial  of  / 
Major  General  Arnold  /  June  i,  1779.  /  Major 
General  Howe,  President.  /  Published  by  Order 
of  Congress.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  Fran- 
cis Bailey,  in  Market-Street.  /  m.dcc. lxxx. 

Fo.     pp.  55.     P.N.S. 
"Feb.  15,  17S0  .  .  .    Resolved,  That  fifty  copies  of  the 
trial  of  major  general  Arnold  be  printed  at  the  public  ex- 
pciice."  —  Journals. 

288.  Proceedings  /  of  a  /  General  Court 
Martial  /  for  the  Trial  of  /  Major  General  Ar- 
nold. /  With  an  /  Introduction,  Notes,  and  In- 
dex. /  New  York:  /  Privately  Printed,  /  1S65. 

8''.     pp.  XXIX,  (2)  182,  portrait. 
'35  copies  reprinted. 


34] 


Oct.  30,  1780. 


[289-295 


Trial  of  Andr6. 

289.  Pioceedini?s  /  of  a  /  Board  /  of  /  Gen- 
eral Officers.  /  Held  by  Order  of/  His  Excel- 
lencv  Gen.  WashuiEtton.  /  Commander  in  Chief 
of  tlie  Armv  of  the  United  Slates  /  of  America.  / 
Respectinti  /  Major  John  Andre,  /  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral of  the  Britisli  Army  /  September  29.  17S0  / 
Philadelphia:/ Printed  by  Francis  Bailey. /in  Mar- 
ket-Street. /  .M.DCC.LXxx.    8".      pp.  (2)  21.     N. 

290.  Proceedinqs  /  of  a  /  Board  /  of  /  Gen- 
eral Officers,  /  Held  bv  Order  of  /  His  Excel- 
lency Gen.  Washington,  /  Commander  in  Chief 
of  tlie  Armv  of  the  United  /  States  of  America.  / 
Respecting  /  Major  John  Andre,  /  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral of  the  British  Armv.  /  September  29,  1780. 
/  To  which  are  Appended,  The  several  Letters 
which  /  passed  to  and  from  New- York  on  the 
Occasion.  &c.  /  Philadelphia,  printed  /  Hart- 
ford :  /  Re-printed  bv  B.  Webster.  /  m,dcc,lxxx. 

Sm.  8«.     pp.  (2)  32-     M.H.S. 

291.  Proceedings  /  of  a  /  Board  of  General 
Officers,  /  Held  by  Order  of/  His  Excellency 
Gen.  Washington//  Commander  in  Chief  of 
the  Armv  of  "the  United  Slates  of  America,  / 
Respecting  /  Major  John  Andre,  /  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral of  the  British  Army.  /  September  29,  1780. 
/  To  which  are  appended,  /  The  several  Letters 
which  passed  to  and  from  New-York  on  the  Oc- 
casion. /  Published  by  Order  of  Congress.  / 
Providence,  /  Printed  and  Sold  bv  John  Carter. 

S°.    "pp.  16.     J.C.B. 

292.  Proceedings  /  of  a  /  Board  /  of  /  Gen- 
eral Officers,  /  held  bv  order  of/  His  Excellency 
General  Washington,"/  Commander  in  Chief  of 
the  Armv  of  the  United  States  of  America.  / 
Respecting  /  Major  John  Andre,  /  Adjutant  Gen- 
eral of  the  British  Army.  /  September  29,  1780. 
/  Philadelphia  Printed  — New- York  Re-printed 
/  By  James  Rivington,  opposite  the  Coffee- 
House  Bridge.  4°-     PP-  'S-     N. 

293.  Minutes  /  of  a  /  Court  of  Inquiry,  / 
upon  the  case  of/  Major  John  Andre,  /with  / 
accompanying  documents,  /  published  in  17S0 
bv  order  "of  Congress.  /  With  /  An  Additional 
A'ppendix  /  containing  copies  of  the  papers 
found  upon  /  Major  Andre  when  arrested,  and 
other  /  documents  relating  to  the  subject.  / 
Albany:  /J.  Munsell,  78  State  Street.  /  1S65. 

Sm.  40.     pp.  IV,  66,  portrait. 
100  copies  printed,  with  an  introduction  by  F.  B.  Hough. 

294.  Proceedings  /  of  a  /  Board  of  General  Offi- 
cers /  respecting/  Major  John  Andre  /  New  York 
/  Privately  Printed  /  1867.  /     8«.        pp.  (6),  21. 

49  copies  printed  by  F.  S.  IlofI'man  in  "  literal  facsimile 
of  the  original  edition,  as  nearly  as  modern  old  style  will 
permit." 

Journals. 

295.  Journals  /  of  /  Congress,  /  from  /  Jan- 
uary 1st,  1780,  /  to  /  January  1st,  17S1.  /  Pub- 
lished by  Order  of  Congress.  /  Philadelphia:  / 
Printed  bv  David  C  Claypooie,  /  Printer  to  the 
Honorable  the  Congress.  8".     P.L.,  H.S.P. 

This  edition  of  the  Journal  was  issued  in  monthly  parts, 
in  continuation  of  Xos.  233-274.  Like  those,  it  contains 
much  matter  omitted  in  later  editions.  The  captions  and 
collation  of  the  parts  are  as  follows  :  — 

Journals  of  Congress,  |  For  January,  17S0.  ]  pp.  3S,  2 
blank  pp. 

Journals  of  Congress,  |  For  February,  17S0.  |  pp.  (41)- 
73,   I   blank  p. 

Journals  of  Congress,  |  For  March,  17S0.  |  pp.  (7S)-io6. 


296-302] 


Oct.  30,  1780  —  Dec.  4,  1781 


[35 


Journals  of  Congress,  |  For  April,  17S0.  |  pp.  (io6)-i.^i. 

Journals  of  Congress,  |  For  May,  17S0.  |  pp.  (i32)-i62,  i 
blank  p. 

Journals  of  Congress,  |  For  June,  17S0.  |  pp.  (i64)-i9S, 
I  blank  p. 

Journals  of  Congress,  |  For  July,  17S0.  |  pp.  (i99)-237,  i 
blank  p. 

Journals  of  Congress,  |  For  August,  1780.  |  pp.(239)-274. 

Journals  of  Congress,  |  For  September,  17S0.  |  pp.  (275)- 

3'4- 

Journals  of  Congress,  |  For  October,  1780.  |  pp.  (315)- 
340,  I  blank  p. 

Journals  of  Congress,  |  For  November,  17S0.  |  pp.  (351  )- 
384,  2  blank  pp. 

Journals  of  Congress,  |  For  December,  17S0.  |  pp.  (3S5)- 
403,  3  blank  pp. 

General  Index  |  To  Volume  VI*  |  pp.  (i)-xxxviii. 

Appendix.  |  Expenditures.  |  pp.  (3). 

"  N.  B.  The  numbers  106,  392,  393  are  each  found  twice 
at  the  head  of  a  page."  —  Journals. 

296.  Resolutions,  /  Acts  and  Orders  /  of  / 
Congress,  /  For  the  Year  1780.  /  Volume  VI.  / 
Published  bv  Order  of  Congress.  /  Printed  by 
John  Dunlap.  8°.     pp.  257,  xliii. 

This  is  only  an  abridgment  of  No.  295,  but  is  usually 
bound  with  sets  of  the  Journal,  as  the  volume  for  17S0.  It 
was  probably  printed  in  17S7,  in  pursuance  of  the  reso- 
lution of  September  13,  17S6. 

1781. 

Feb.  3.     Resolution  on  Impost. 

297.  Resolved,  That  it  be  recommended  to  the 
several  /  states,  as  indispensably  necessary  to  the 
restoration  of  public  credit,  .../...  to  vest  in  the 
united  /  states  in  congress  assembled  a  power"  to 
levy  for  the  /  use  of  the  united  states,  a  duty  of 
five  per  cent  ad  /  valorem.  F°.     Broadside. 

Mar.  3.     Report  on  Convention  Prisoners. 

298.  United  States  in  Congress  assembled,  / 
March  3,  1781.  F".     i  1.     S.D. 

Report  of  Kean,  Gorham,  Pinckney,  Smith  and  Gray- 
son. 

May  26.     Plan  of  Bank  of  North  America. 

299.  Plan  for  Establishing  a  National  Bank 

for  the  United  States To  which  is  annexed, 

a  Resolution  of  Congress,  of  the  26th  of  May 
1781,  acceding  thereto;  And  a  Particuler  Ex- 
planation of  the  Use  of  said  Bank,  By  Robert 
Morris,  Esquire,  Superintendant  [sic]  of  the  Fi- 
nance of  America.  Providence  :  ....  Bennet. 
Wheeler  [1781.]  8°.     pp.  lit 

Title  from  Sabin.  C(.  Journals  May  26  and  Dec.  31 
.7S1. 

Dec.  4.     Ordinance  for  Marine  Captures. 

300.  An  Ordinance,  /  Ascertaining  what  Cap- 
tures on  /  Water  shall  be  lawful.  /  In  pursuance 
of  the  Powers  delegated  by  the  Confederation  in 
Cases  of  /  Capture  on  Water:  / /  Phila- 
delphia :  Printed  by  David  C.  Claypoole,  in  Mar- 
ket-Street. /                    F".     Broadside.     V.S.,  S. 

See  Jan.  S,  17S2,  infra. 
Prize  Numbers  in  Lottery. 

301.  A  List  /  Of  the  Fortunate  Numbers  /  In 
the  Fourth  Class  /  of  the  /  United  States  Lot- 
terv.  /  [Colophon.]  Printed  by  Hall  and  Sel- 
lers.    [1781.]   /        Sm.  40.     pp.  S3  (i).     H.S.P. 

Drawn  on  April  2,  1781,  in  pursuance  of  a  resolution  of 
Congress  adopted  Feb.  6,  17S1. 

Rules  for  Troops. 

302.  Rules  and  Articles  for  the  Better  Gov- 
ernment of  the  Troops  of  the  United  States. 
Philadelphia,     mdcclxxxi.  8''.     pp.  36. 

Title  from  Sabin. 


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Dec.  4,  1 78 1 


303.  The  /  Constitutions  /  of  the  /  Several 
Independent  Slates  /  of  /  America;  /  the  / 
Declaration  of  Independence;  /  the  /  Articles 
of  Confederation  /  between  the  said  States;  / 
the  /  Treaties  between  His  Most  Christian 
Majestv  /  and  the  United  States  of  America.  / 
Published  bv  order  of  Congress.  /  Philadel- 
phia :  /  Printed  by  Francis  Bailey,  in  Market 
Street.  /  m.dcc.lxxxi.  / 

Sm.  8°.     pp.  (2)  3-226.     P.H.S. 
Printed  in  pursuance  of  a  resolve  of  Dec.  29,  17S0. 

304.*   Philadelphia  printed  ;  London  reprinted, 

with    an    Advertisement  By  the   Editor,    For  J. 

Stockdale.  in  Piccadilly;  and  sold  by  J.  Walker. 

MDCCLxxxn.  '  S°.     pp.  viii,  168. 

Title  from  Sab  in. 

305.  The  Constitution  of  the  several  Inde- 
pendent States  of  America;  The  Declaration  of 
Independence;  The  Articles  of  Confederation 
between  the  said  States;  The  Treaties  between 
His  Most  Christian  Majesty  and  the  United 
States  of  America.  With  an  Appendix,  con- 
taining An  Authentic  Copy  of  the  Treaty  con- 
cluded between  their  Iligh  Mightinesses  the 
States-General  and  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, and  the  Provisional  Treaty.  Published  by 
order  of  Congress.  Philadelphia  Printed  :  Lon- 
don, Reprinted,  with  an  Advertisement  by  J.  L. 
De  Lolme,  J.  Walker,  J.  Debrett.     mdcclxxxiii. 

8*^.    pp.  viii,  189,  (2),  portrait  and  map.    J.C.B. 

306.  The  /  constitutions  /  of  the  several  / 
independent  states  /  of /America;  /  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence ;  /  and  the  /  Articles  of 
Confederation  /  between  the  said  states.  /  To 
which  are  now  added,  the  /  Declaration  of 
rights;  /the  /  Non-importation  agreement;  / 
and  the  /  Petition  of  Congress  to  the  King;  / 
delivered  by  Mr.  Penn.  /  With  an  /  appendix,  / 
containing  the  /  treaties  between  his  most 
chriistian  [sic]  ma-  /  jesty  and  the  United  States 
of  America; /and  (never  before  published)  / 
an  authentic  copy  of  the  treaty  con-  /  eluded 
between  their  high  mightines-  /  ses  the  States- 
General,  and  the  United  /  States  of  America.  / 
The  whole  arranged,  with  a  /  preface  and  dedi- 
cation, /  By  the  Rev.  William  Jackson.  /  Lon- 
don :  /  Printed  for  J.  Stockdale,  in  Piccadilly. 
1783.         8°.    (4)  xxi.\,  (2),  472,  (4),  portrait.    B. 

307.  A  Collection  of  the  Constitutions  of  the 

Thirteen  United  States  of  North  America 

Published  by  Order  of  Congress.  Philadelphia, 
Printed.  Glasgow  :  Re-printed  By  John  Bryce. 
M,DCC,LXXXiii.  /  16".'    pp.  (2),  257. 

308.  Constitutions  of  the  several  Independent 
States  of  America.     Dublin,  1783. 

309.  Constitutions  /  des  /  Triesze  fitats-Unis  / 
de  I'Am^rique.  /  A  Philadelphie ;  /  et  se  trouve 
a  Paris.  / 

fPh.  —  D.    Pierres,    Imprimeur   Ordi- 
j       naire  /  du  Roi,  rue  Saint-Jacques.  / 
i  Pissot,    pere    &    fils,    Libraires,    quai 
des  /  Augustino.  / 

8"-     pp.  (4),  540-     B.,  L.B. 
There  are  copies  on  larjje  paper  in  4". 
In  Sabin's  X>/V//o;i(7r)' another  edition   is  given,  but  I 
think  it  is  the  same  as  this,  as  the  CDutents  are  identical. 
It   is  said   to  have  been  translated  by  the  Due  de  Roche- 
foucauld. 

Some  copies  seen  have  a  supplementary  .j  pages,  being 
"  Acte  de  la  Rcpubllquu  de  N'irginia,  /  qui  dtablit  la 
ibcrtd  de  Religion." 


Chez. 


/  '7^3- 


I 


310-316] 


Dec.  4,  1 78 1 — Aug.  7,  1782. 


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310.  The  /  Constitutions  /  of  the  /  several 
independent  states  /  of  America;  /  the  /  Decla- 
ration of  Independence;  /the  /  Articles  of  Con- 
federation /  between  the  said  states ;  /  the  / 
Treaties  between  His  Most  Christian  /  Majesty 
and  the  United  States  of  America.  /  —  And  the 
Treaties  between  their  High  /  Mightinesses  the 
States  General  of  the  /  United  Netherlands  and 
the  United  States  /  of  America.  /  Published 
originally  by  Order  of  Congress.  /  The  Second 
edition  /  Boston :  Printed  by  Norman  and 
Brown,  in  /  Marshall's-Lane,  near  the  Boston- 
stone  /  M.DCC.LXXXV. 

12°.     pp.  28,  5-1S0  (i),  1-29.     B. 
This  includes  the  Definitive  Treaty  with  England. 

311.  Constitutions  of  the  several  Independent 
States  of  America.     New  York :  17S6.      iS'\     C. 

Title  from  the  Catalogue  of  1S64  of  the  Library  of 
Congress. 

M;inv  editions  Succeed  this,  but  only  after  the  adoption 
of  the  Federal  Constitution,  as  well  as  the  alteration  of 
several  of  the  state  constitutions,  so  as  to  essentially  alter 
the  contents  of  the  collection.  These  have  therefore  been 
omitted. 

Journals  for  1781. 
See  nos.  321-2. 

1782. 

Jan.  8.     Ordinance  for  Marine  Captures. 

312.  An  Ordinance  /  For  Amending  the  Or- 
dinance, ascertaining  what  Captures  on  Water  / 
shall  be  lawful.  po.     Broadside.     S. 

Sec  Xo.  300. 

Jan.  10.     Plan  of  Inspector's  Dept. 

313.  By  the  United  States,  in  Congress  as- 
sembled, /  January  10,  1782.  /  Plan  for  con- 
ducting the  Inspector's  Department. 

Fo.    Broadside. 
In  place  of  that  adopted  25  Sept.,  17S0. 

Jan.  24.     Court  Martial  on  Howe. 

314.  Proceedings  /  of  a  /  General  Court  Mar- 
tial, /  Held  at  Philadelphia,  /In  the  State  of/ 
Pennsylvania,  /  By  Order  of  his  Excellency  / 
General  Washington,  /  Commander  in  Chief/ 
of  the  Armj-  of/ The  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, /  For  the  Trial  of  /  Major  General  Howe,  / 
December  7,  1781.  /  Major  General  Baron  Steu- 
ben, President.  /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by 
Hall  and  Sellers,  in  Market- Street.  /  m,dcc,- 
Lxxxn./  Fo.    pp.  31.    P.H.S. 

"  February  15,  17S2  ...  A  letter  of  the  15th  from  major- 
general  K.  Howe  was  read,  requesting  tliat  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  general  court-martial  on  his  trial  be  printed  by 
Congress."  —  yoiinial. 

Feb.  23.     Resolution  on  Exchange. 

315.  By  the  United  States  in  Congress  as- 
sembled. /  February  20,  1782. 

po.     Broadside.     V.S. 

Refusing  to  exchange  "Charles,  Earl  Cornwallis,"  "  not 
from  any  apprehension  of  his  influence  or  superior  abili- 
ties; bui  because  they  look  upon  him  not  in  the  light  of  a 
British  General,  but  a  barbarian."  It  also  relates  to  the 
parole  of  Henry  Laurens,  and  the  maintenance  of  IJritish 
prisoners. 

Aug.  7.     Report  on  Expenditures. 

316.  By  the  United  States  in  Congress  as- 
sembled, Aug.  7,  1782.  4°.     Broadside.     S. 

Report  of  a  committee,  consisting  of  Mr.  Cornell,  Mr. 
Izard,  Mr.  Osgood,  Mr.  Bland,  and  Mr.  Duane  on  the 
"  niost  just  and  practicable  nears  of  reducing  the  expen- 
ditures of  the  United  States  in  the  several  departments." 


38] 


Oct.  10,  1782  —  Jax.  23,  1783. 


[317-32. 


Oct.  10.     Notice  to  Contractors. 

317.  Office  of  Finance,  October  lo,  17S2. 

12°.      Broadside.     P.L. 

Public  notice  to  contractors  for  continental  supplies  tc 
send  in  estimates  for  rations  of  17S3. 

Oct.  24.    Ordinance  for  Post  Office. 

318.  General  Post-Office,  October  24th,  17S2.  / 
Extract  from  an  Ordinance  passed  bv  tbe  United 
States  of  America  in  Congress  Assembled,  Octo- 
ber iS,  17S2,  entitled  /  An  Ordinance  for  Regu- 
lating the  Post-Office  of  the  United  States  of 
America  /  [signed]  James  Brjson,  Assistant. 

F°.     Broadside. 

The  draft  of  an  ordinance  erectinsT  a  post  office  was 
reported  to  Congress  by  Mr.  Scott, '.Mr.  Oark  and  Mr. 
Atlee,  July  19,  was  read  for  a  second  time  Oct.  2,  and  was 
adopted  Oct.  iS,  178.'. 

Nov.  18.     Receipts  and  Expenditures. 

319.  A  general  Vfew  of  Receipts  and  Expen- 
ditures of  Public  Monies,  bv  Authority  from  the 
Superintendent  of  I-^rnance",  from  the  Time  of 
his   enterfng   on   /  the   Administration    of   the 

Finances,  to  tbe  31st  December,  1781.  / / 

[signed]  Joseph    Nourse,    Register.  /  Register's 
office,  November  iS,  1782.  Oblong  P>.   Broadside. 

Rules  for  Troops. 

320.  Rules  and  Articles  /  for  the  /  Better 
Government /of  the  /  Troops  raised,  or  to  be 
raised,  /And  kept  in  Pay,  /  Bv  and  at  the  Ex- 
pense of  the /Uni-ted  States /of  /  America.  / 
Philadelphia  :  Printed  in  the  Year  /  1782.  / 

Sm.  8P.     pp.  2g.     P.H.S. 

Title  from  HildeturH.  ^^    ^^ 

Journals.     1781-2. 

321.  Journals  /  of  /  Congress,  /  and  of  the  / 
L  nited  States  /  fn  Congress  Assembled.  /  For 
the  Year  1781.  /  Published  bv  Order  of  Con- 
gress. /  Volume  VII.  /  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed 
bv  David  C.  Clajpoole.  /  m,dcc.lxxxi. 

8°.     pp.  522,  (4),  Ixxix.     P.L. 

•  "^''""S"'  tf"^  f'tle  is  only  for  the  vear  17S1,  this  vohime 
includes  the  whole  of  the  year  17S2.  The  supplementary 
A,  pases,  or  "Appendix  to  Volume  seventh,"  dated  May 
!•  '.■^',V"''=  ".'<u'es  for  conducting:  Business  in  the 
Lnited  Stales  ui  Consjress  assembled."  The  index  is  bv 
a  mispriiU  termed  "  General  Index  To  Volume  VIII  " 


Patterson.  /  M,DCC.txxxvii. 

8°.     pp.522,  (17),  Ixxix.     P.L. 

..^/IP-i."*  .?'^.''":'  Prccedui^  volume,  of  which  500  copies 


(Appendix  pp.  Ir- 
as not  printed  in  tlie  foiiner  volume,  and  the 


])  which 
ei-ror  in  the  indes  is'corrected. 


1783. 
Jan.  23.     Proclamation  of  Treaty  with  Holland. 
323-     By  the  United  States    in    Congress   as- 
sembled :  /  A  Proclamation  /   /Done  in 

Congress  this  twenty  third  dav  of  Janu-  /  ary,  in 
the   year  of  otu-  Lord    one  thousand    sc-  /  ven 

hundred   and    eiglity-three,    ...   /   /  VX\a^ 

Boudinot,  President.  F°.     2  II.     V  S 


324-329] 


Jan.  31 — April  24,  1783. 


[39 


Jan.  31.     Receipts  and  Expenditures. 

324.  A  State  of  the  Receipts  and  Expenditures 
of  Public  Monies  upon  Warrants  from  tlie  Super- 
intendant  of  Finance,  from  the  ist  of  January 

17S2,   /  to    the    1st    of  January    1783.    /    / 

[signed]  Joseph  Noiirse.  Register.  /  Register's 
Office,  January  31st,   17S3. 

Oblong  f'.     Broadside.     S.D.,V.S. 

Feb.  17.     Resolution  Concerning  State  Lands. 
See  under  Apr.  iS,  17S3. 

Mar.  18.     Report  of  Committee  on  Impost. 

325.  March  iS,  17S3.  /  Resolved  /  That  it  be 
recommended  to  the  several  states,  /../.../ 
...  /  .  • .  to  invest  in  the  United  States  in  /  Con- 
gress assembled,  a  power  to  levy  for  the  use  of 
the  /  United  States,  the  following  duties  upon 
goods   . . . 

F°.     2  Us.  (on  one  side  only.)     S.D. 

In  the  copy  examined,  "  March"  was  stricken  out  from 
the  title,  and  April  substituted  in  Ms. 

A  report  macle  by  Gorham,  Hamilton,  Madison,  Fitz- 
simons,  and  Rutledge. 

See  under  Apr.  iS,  17S3. 

Apr,  II.     Treaty  with  England. 

326.  By  the  /  United  States  of  America  /  In 
Congress  assembled  /  A  Proclamation,  /  De- 
claring the  Cessation  of  Arms,  as  /  well  by  Sea 
as  by  Land,  Agreed  upon  /  between  the  United 
States  of  Ame-  /  rica  and  his  Britannic  Majesty; 

and  /  enjoining  the  Observance  thereof.  / / 

Done  in  Congress,  at  Philadelphia,  this  Eleventh 
Day  /  of  April,  in  /  the  Year  of  Our  Lord  One 
Thousand    Seven  /  Hundred  and  Eighty-three. 

/ /  [signed]  /  Elias  Boudinot,  President  / 

/    Richmond:    Printed    bv  James  Hayes, 

Printer  to  the  Commonwealth. 

F«.     Broadside.     V.S. 
Followed   by  a   proclamation   by   Governor  Harrison. 
This  is  the  preliminary  treaty. 

Apr.  18.     Resolution    Concerning    State    Lands 
and  Impost. 

327.  By  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled. /  February  17,  17S3. 

F".     2  11.     P.L.,  V.Su 
The  resolution   adopted  Feb.  17,  for  surveying  lands, 
and  that  of  Apr.  iS,  advising  the  States  to  grant  power  to 
levy  an  impost. 

Apr.  18.     Resolutions  on  Impost. 

328.  Resolved,  that  it  be  recommended  to  the 
several  /  states,  as  indispensably  necessary  to 
the  restoration  of  /  public  [sic]  credit  ...  /  ... 
to  vest  in  the  united  /  states  in  congress  as- 
sembled, a  power  to  levy  for  the  /  use  of  the 
united  states,  a  duty  of  five  per  centum  ad  /  va- 
lorem,   

F°.     3  11.  (on  one  side  only.)     S.D. 

Tlie  resolutions  concerning  the  impost.  See  under 
Mar.  iS,  17S3. 

Apr.  24.     Address  and  Recommendations. 

329.  Address  /  and  /  Recommendations  /  to 
/The  States,  /  by  /  The  United  States  in  Con- 
gress /  assembled.  /  Philadelphia  :  /  Printed  by 
David  C.  Claypoole.  /  m,dcc,lxxxiii. 

8°.     pp."'i4,  (i),9,  (i),3,  6,  5,  4,  20.     B.A. 
SO.     pp.  14,  (I),  9,  (0,3,  6,  5,  4,  26.     P.L. 

There  are  two  editions  of  this  pamphlet;  with  the  differ- 
ence in  collation  noted  above.  They  are  identical  in  mat- 
ter to  the  ninth  page  of  the  last  division,  where  a  foot  note, 
partially  filling  pp.  9-16,  is  added.  There  are  also  varia- 
tions in  the  composing  of  the  types. 


40] 


April  24  —  Sept.  25,  1780. 


[330-338 


A  Circular  Letter  to  the  States,  on  the  necessity  of 
raising  revenues  for  the  general  government,  reported  by 
James  Macli>on,  Hamilton,  and  Oliver  Ellsworth. 

The  accompanying  papers  include  Hamilton's  report  on 
the  refusal  ol  U.'I.  to  agree  to  the  impost,  the  French  and 
Dutch  contracts,  the  Address  to  Congress  from  the  officers 
of  the  Continental  Armv,  The  "  Newburgh  Addresses," 
written  by  John  Armstrong,  and  the  Congressional  rcso- 
Unions  of  Sipt.  6  and  Oct.  lo,  17S0,  Dec.  16,  17S2,  and  Feb. 

'7-  '"S.i- 

"  The  evidence  of  Mr.  Madison's  sentiments  at  one  pe- 
riod, is  to  be  found  in  the  address  of  Congress,  of  Apr. 
twenty  sixth  [sic]  seventeen  hundred  and  eighty  three, 
which  was  planned  by  him,  in  conformity  to  his  own 
ideas,  and  without  any  previous  suggestions  from  the 
committee."  —  Hamilton  to  Carrhigton,  May  26,  1792. 

330.  Addiess  /  and  /  Recommendations  /  to 
/  The  States,  /  bv  /  The  United  States  in  Con- 
gress /  assembled".  /  Philadelphia:  Printed  17S3. 
7  Boston  :  Reprinted,  /  Bv  Order  of  the  Hon. 
House  of  Representatives  of  the  /  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts,  17S3. 

8°.     pp.  62.     B.A. 

331.  Address  /and  /  Recommendations  /  to 
/  The  States,  /  by  /  The  United  States  in  Con- 
gress /  assembled.  /  Philadelphia,  Printed :  / 
Hartford:    Re-printed  by  Hudson  &  Goodwin,  / 

M,DCC,LXXXIII. 

40.     pp.  50,  31,  folding  table.     P.L. 
The  additional  pages  are  detailed  accounts  of  Connec 
ticut  finances. 

332.  Bv  order  of  Congress.  /  Addresses  /  and 
/  Recomn'iendations  /  to  the  /  States,  /  by  the  / 
United  States  /  in  Congress  assembled.  /  Phila- 
delphia :  /  Printed  by  David  C.  Claypoole.  / 
London  :  reprinted  /  For  J.  Stockdale,  in  Picca- 
dilly. /  M,Dcc,LXXXiii.     8".     pp.  91,  (i).     P.L. 

333.  Address  /  and  /  Recommendations  /  to 
/  Tlie  States,  /  by  /  The  United  States  in  Con- 
gress /  Assembled.  /  Richmond :  /  Printed  by 
>sicholson  and  Prentis  /  ai,dcc,lxxxiii. 

8°.     pp.  60,  and  more.     C. 

334.  Address  /and  /Recommendations  /to 
/  The  States,  /  by  /The  United  States  in  Con- 
gress /  assembled.  /  Trenton  :  /  Re-Printed  by 
Isaac  Collins,  /  m,ix:c,lxxxiii. 

12°.     pp.  56.     N.J.H.S. 

June  24.     Proclamation  on  Mutiny  of  Pa.  Line. 

335.  Bv  His  Excellency,  /  Elias  Boudinot, 
Esquire,  /President  of  the  United  States  in  Con- 
gress Assembled.  /  A  Proclamation.  /    / 

Philadelphia,  Printed  by  David  C.  Claypoole. 

Fo.     Broadside.     L.C.P. 

Sept.  13.     Report  on  Virginia  Cession  of  Land. 

336.  The  committee,  to  whom  were  referred 
the  act  /  of  the  legislature  of  Virginia,  of  the  2d 
of  Ja- /  nuary,  17S1,  and  the  report  thereon,  re- 
port ...  /  F".     Broadside.     S.D.,  V.S. 

Reported  by  John  Rutlcdge,  Ellsworth,  Bedford,  Gor- 
ham,  and  Madison.  The  original  draft  is  in  Rutledge's 
handwriting. 

Sept.  22.     Proclamation  in  re  Indian  Lands. 

337.  By  the  United  States  in  Congress  /  As- 
sembled. /  A  Proclatnation.  /  Philadelphia: 
Printed  by  David  C.   Claypoole. 

F".     I  1.     L.C.P. 
Sept.  25.     Proclamation  of  Treaty  with  Sweden. 

338.  By  the  United  States  in  Congress  As- 
sembled, A  Proclamation  . . .  Princeton,  Sep- 
tember 2  qth,  17S3.     Elias  Boudinot,  President. 

Lot  675,  "  Washington  relics,"  Catalogue,  Apr.  21, 1S91. 


339-347] 


Oct.  15,  1783  —  March  i,  1784. 


[41 


Oct.  15.     Report  on  Indian  Affairs. 

339.  The  committee,  consisting  of  Mr.  Diiane, 
Mr.  /  Peters,  Mr.  Carrol,  [sic]  Mr.  Hawkins  and 
Mr.  Lee,  /  to  whom  was  referred  a  report  on  In- 
dian af-  /  fairs,  . . .  / /  submit  the  following 

detail  of  facts  and  resolutions  :  —  / 

F".     Broadside  of  2  columns.     S.D. 
Oct.  15.     Additional  Report  on  Indian  Affairs. 

340.  The  committee  consisting  of  Mr.  Duane, 
Mr.  Peters,  /  Mr.  Carroll,  Mr.  Hawkins  and  Mr. 
A.  Lee,  to/  whom  \vere  referred  a  report  on  In- 
dian affairs,  and  the  /  several  other  papers 

/  beg  leave  to  subjoin  the  following  additional 
instructions  /  and  propositions  to  their  said 
former  report : 

F"^.     Broadside  of  2  columns.     S.D. 
Nov.  I.      Resolutions  on  Congressional  Repre- 
sentation. 

341.  Bv  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  As- 
sembled. "/  November  i,  17S3. 

Fo.     Broadside.     S.D.,  V.S. 
Half- Pay  and  Commutation. 

342.  A  /  Collection  of  Papers,  /  relative  to  / 
Half-Pay/  and  /  Commutation  /  of  /  Half-Pay,  / 
granted  By  /  Congress  /  to  the  /  Officers  of  the 
Army.  /  Compiled,  /  By  Permission  of  His  Ex- 
cellency General  Washington,  /  from  the  Orig- 
inal Papers  in  his  Possession.  /  Fish-kill :  / 
Printed  by  Samuel  Loudon.  /    m,dcc,lxxxiii. 

8°.     pp.^36. 

343.  The  /  Last  Official  /  Address,  /  of  his 
Excellency  /  General  Washington,  /  to  the  / 
Legislature  of  the  United  States.  /  To  which  is 
annexed,  /  A  Collection  of  Papers  relative  to  / 
Half- Pa}',  /  and  Commutation  of  /  Half- Pay,  / 
Granted  by  Congress  to  the  /  Officers  of  the 
Army.  /  Hartford  :  /  Printed  hy  Hudson  and 
Goodwin.  /  m.dcc.lxxxiii.  8°.     pp.  .^8.     N. 

344.  A  /  Collection  of  Papers,  /  relative  to  / 
Half-Pay,  /and  /  Commutation  thereof,  /granted 
by  /  Congress  /  to  the  /  Officers  of  the  Army.  / 
Together  with  a  /  Circular  Letter/  from  /  His 
Excellency  General  Washington,  /  to  the  several 
/  Legislatures  of  the  United  States.  /  Boston  :  / 
Printed  by  Order  of  the  General  Court  /  of  the 
Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts.  /  iM,DCC,- 
Lxxxiii.  4".  pp.  24.  B.A. 
Journals.     1782-3. 

345.  Journal  /  of  the /United  States  /  In  Con- 
gress Assembled,  /  containing  /  The  Proceed- 
ings /  from  /  The  First  Monday  in  November 
17S2,  /  to  /  The  First  Monday  in  November  1783. 
/  Volume  VIII.  /  Published  by  order  of  Con- 
gress. /  Philadelphia:  /  Printed  by  David  C. 
Claypoole.  /  .m.dcc.lxxxiii.  S^     pp.  483. 

1784. 

Jan.  14.     Proclamation  of  English  Treaty. 

346.  By  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  As- 
sembled,/January  14,  1784.    4°.  Broadside.    V.S. 

The  proclamation  of  the  definitive  treaty  with  Entjland, 
signed  by  Tliomas  Mifflin. 

Mar.  I.     Government  of  North  West  Territory. 

347.  The  ComiTiittee  appointed  to  prepare  a 
Plan  for  the  tem-  /  porary  Government  of  the 
Western  Territory,  have/  agreed  to  the  following 
Resolutions.  F".     i  1.     S.D.,  H.S.P. 

Reported  bv  Jefferson,  Chase,  and  Howell,  the  draft 
being  in  the  handwritino-  of  the  former.  On  Mar.  17  it 
was  recommitted.    See  following  title. 


42] 


March  22  —  May  6,  1784. 


[34«-355 


Mar.  22.     Report  on  North  West  Territory. 

348.  The  Committee  to  whom  was  recom- 
mitted the  Report  of  a  /  Plan  for  a  temporary 
Government  of  the  Western  Ter-  /  ritorv,  have 
agreed  to  tl>e  following  Resolutions.  /    

F».     Broadside.     S.D. 
The  draft  is  in  Jefferson's  handwriting. 
Mar.  23,  1784.     Resolution  on  Qualifications. 

349.  Bv  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled. "/ March  23,  17S4.    F''.    Broadside.  P.L. 

Adopted  in  consequence  of  the  report  of  Sherman,  Jef- 
ferson, Beatty,  Ch:iso,  and  Williamson. 

Apr.  5.     Report  on  Finances. 

350.  The  Grand  Committee  consisting  of 
[blank]  /  appointed  to  prepare  and  report  to 
Congress,  the  arrears  of  interest  on  the  national 
/  debt,  together  with  the  interest  and  expenses 
for  the  year  1784,  from  the  first  to  the  last  /  day 
thereof  inclusive,  and  a  requisition  of  money  on 
the  states  for  discharging  the  /  same,  have 
agreed  to  the  following  Report:  / 

F".     Broadside.     P.L. 
The  committee  consisted  of  Jefferson,  Blanchard,  Gerry, 
Howell,  Sherman,  DeWitt,  Dick,  Hand,  Stone,  William- 
son, and  Read.     The  draft  is  in  Jefferson's  handwriting. 
See  under  Apr.  27,  17S4. 

Apr.  22.     Report  on  Commercial  Affairs. 

351.  The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred 
sundry  Letters  /  and  Papers  relative  to  Commer- 
cial Matters,  submit  the  follow-  /  ing  circular 
Letter  and  Resolves. 

F".     Broadside.     S.D.,  P.L. 

Reported  by  Gerry,  Read,  Williamson,  Chase,  and  Jef- 
ferson.    Considered  Apr.  30.     See  No.  354. 

Apr.  23.     Land  Office  Ordinance. 

See  under  May  20,  17S5. 
Apr.  27.     Report  on  Finances. 

352.  The  United  States  in  Congress  as- 
sembled. /  April  27,   1784.  /        F°.     Broadside. 

The   report  of  the   grand   committee  (see  No.  350)  as 
amended  and  adopted  by  the  Congress. 

353.  The  /  United  States  /  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled, /  April  27,  1784.  /  Congress  resumed 
the  considera-  /  tion  of  the  report  to  the  Grand/ 
Committee  appointed  to  pre-  /  pare  and  report 
to  Congress,  the  arrears  /  of  Interest  on  the  na- 
tional debt,  toge-  /  ther  with  the  expenses  for  the 
year/  1784,  from  the  first  to  the  last  day/  thereof 
inclusive,  and  a  requisition  of  /  money  on  the 
States  for  maintaining  the  /  same,  which  being 
amended  to  read  as  follows :  /  /  [colo- 
phon]. Boston:  Printed  by  Adams  and  Xourse. 
/  By  Order  of  the  Honourable  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives. /  iM,Dcc, XXXIV.           8".     pp.  12.     M. 

Apr.  30.     Resolutions  on  Commerce. 

354.  By  the  United  States  /  in  Congress  as- 
sembled.   April  30,  1784.     F«.    Broadside.     S.D. 

See  under  Apr.  22,  17S4. 

May  6.     Report  on  Western  Posts. 

355.  The  Committee  consisting  of  Mr.  Mer- 
cer, Mr.  /  Lee,  Mr.  Gerry,  Mr.  Howell  and  Mr. 
[E]  Paine,  "  appointed  to  /  consider  of  the  meas- 
ures proper  to  be  adopted  in  order  /  to  take  pos- 
session of  the  frontier  posts,"  having  considered 
/  the  same,  and  sundry  papers  to  them  referred, 
thereon  beg  /  leave  to  observe  —  •  •  •  / 

F^     Broadside.     S.D. 
Considered  May  12,  17S4. 


356-362] 


May  17  —  Oct.  22,   1784. 


[43 


May  17.     Report  on  Continental  Bills. 

356.  The  Grand  Committee  to  whom  was  re- 
ferred /  a  Letter  of  the  Governor  of  Massachu- 
setts, of  the  2Sth  of  Oc-  /  tober.  17S3.  relative  to 
the  Continental  Bills  of  Credit  /  of  /  the  Old 
Emissions,  submit  the  followinfj.  / 

40.     Broadside.     P.L. 
Agreed  to  in  Committee  Apr.  7,  and  l.iid  before  Con- 
gress May  17,  17s*.     It  was  apparently  never  considered. 
The  draft  is  in  Jcft'erson's  liand writing.    Sec  Xo.  361. 

May  28.     Report  on  Southern  Indians. 

357.  The  Committee  consisting  of  Mr.  Beres- 
ford,  Mr.  Jefferson,  .Mr.  /  Cha.-^e,  Mr.  Spaight 
and  Mr.  Read,  appointed  to  take  into  consider- 
ation the  /state  of  Indian  affairs  in  the  Southern 
department,  beg  leave  to  Report :  / 

F°.     pp-  (3).     S.D. 
Drafted  by  JeflTerson. 

June  3.     Report  on  Accounts. 

358.  The  Committee  consisting  of  Mr. 
Spaight,  Mr.  Gerrv,  Mr.  Lee.  /  Mr.  Beatty,  and 
Mr.  Sherman,  to  whom  was  referred  a  report  of 
a  committee  on  a  re-  /  port  of  the  superintendant 
of  finance,  dated  the  5th  of  November,  17S3,  . . . 

/ /   ...   /  submit  to    Congress    the    fol-  / 

lowing  Report.  /  F^.     Broadside.     S.D. 

Oct.  22.     Treaty  ^^ith  Six  Nations. 

359.  Articles  of  a  Treaty,  /  Concluded  at  Fort 
Stanwix.  on  the  twenty-second  day  of  October, 
one  /  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty-four,  / 
between  Oliver  Wolcott,  Richard  /  Butler  and 
Arthur  Lee,  Commissioners  Plenipotentiary  from 
/  the  L'nited  States  in  Congress  assembled,  on 
the  one  Part,  and  the  Sachems  /  and  Warriors  of 
the  Six  Nations  on  the  other.         F°.     1  1.     P.L. 

Consular  Convention. 

360.  The  /  Scheme  /  of  /  a  Convention.  / 
Between  His  Most  Christian  Majesty  and  the 
United  States  of  North  Ame-  /  rica.  for  defining 
and  regulating  the  Functions  and  Privileges  of 
Con-  /  suls,  \'ice-Consuls,  Agents  and  Commis- 
saries. /   F".     pp.  II.     S.D. 

Agreed  to  between  Vergennes  and  Franklin,  and  trans- 
mitted by  the  latter  to  Congress,  which  refused  to  ratify  it. 
This  is  a  translation  by  John  Pintard.  See  Xos.  3S3,  395 
and  467. 

Reports  on  Penobscot  Expedition. 

361.  The  Grand  Committee  consisting  of  Mr. 
/  Stone,  Mr.  Blanchard.  Mr.  Gerrv,  Mr.  Howell, 
Mr.  Sher-  /  man,  Mr.  De  Witt,  Mr.  Dick,  Mr. 
Hand,  Mr.  Hardy,  /  Mr.  Williamson  and  Mr. 
Read,  to  whom  were  referred  /an  act  of  the  leg- 
islature of  Connecticut,  and  a  letter  from  the 
governor  of  Massachusetts  respecting  the  ex- 
pences  of  /  that  state  in  an  expedition  against 
the  British  forces  at  Pe-  /  nobscot,  and  other 
matters,  submit  the  following  resolves.  /  [sec- 
ond] The  Grand  Committee  to  whom  was  re- 
ferred /  a  letter  of  the  governor  of  Massachu- 
setts, of  the  2Sth  of/  October  1783,  relative  to  the 
continental  bills  of  credit  /  of  the  old  emissions, 
submit  the  following.  /      F^.     Broadside.     S.D. 

Collection  of  Treaties. 

362.  A  /  Collection  /  of/  Papers:  /  contain- 
ing /  The  Declaration  of  Independence  of  the  / 
United  States  of  America,  dated  July  4th,  1776.  / 
The  Treaties  of  Alliance  and  Commerce,  be- 
tween /  the  United  States  of  America  and  France, 
Feb.  6,  1778.  /  Transcript  of  the  Treaty  between 


44] 


Oct.  22,  1784  — Feb.  23,  1785. 


[363-368 


France  and  the  /  United  States  of  Ainerica,  July 
16th,  17S2;  with  the  /  Ratification  thereof  by- 
Congress.  /  The  Treaty  of  Ainity  and  commerce, 
between  the  /  States  General  of  the  United  Neth- 
erlands and  the  /  United  States  of  America, 
dated  October  Sth,  17S2,  /with  the  Ratification 
thereof  bv  Congress.  /  The  Decree  of  the  C^icen 
of  Portugal  for  opening  a  /  Commercial  Inter- 
course between  her  Subjects  and  those  /  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  dated  Febr.  13.  1783.  / 
Treaty  of  Amitv  and  Commerce  between  his 
Maje-'/  stv  The  King  of  Sweden,  and  the  United 
States  of  Ame-  /  rica,  dated  April  3,  17S3;  with 
the  Ratification  there-  /  of  by  Congress.  /  Defin- 
itive Treaty  of  Peace  between  the  United  /  States 
of  America  and  his  Britannic  Majesty,  dated  / 
September  3d,  17S3;  with  the  ratification  thereof 
/  by  Congress.  /  To  which  is  added  /  His  Excel- 
lency General  Washington's  Circular  Letter  /  to 
the  different  Goyernors  of  the  respective  States, 
dated  /  June  11,  17S3.  /  New  York:  /  Printed 
by  Samuel  Loudon.   [17S4]         12°.     pp.  96.     N. 

Report  on  Invalids. 

363.  The  Committee  consisting  of  Mr.  M'Hen- 
ry,  Mr.  Dick,  /  and  Mr.  Williamson,  to  whom 
was  referred  a  motion  of  Mr.  /  M'Henry,  respect- 
ing Invalids,  submit  the  following  Resolves.  / 

F".     Broadside.     S.D. 
Journals.     1783-4. 

364.  Journal  /  of  the  /  United  States  /  In  Con- 
gress Assembled:  /  containing  /The  Proceed- 
ings /  from  /  The  Third  Day  of  November,  1783, 
/  to  /  The  Third  Day  of  June,  1784.  /  Volume 
IX.  /  Published  by  order  of  Congress.  /  Phila- 
delphia :  /  Printed  by  John  Dunlap,  /  Printer  to 
the  United  States  in  /  Congress  Assembled.  / 

8°.     pp.  317,  xviii,  47. 
The  last  47  pages  are  the  Journal  of  the  Committee  of 
the  States,  the  title  of  which  is  as  follows :  — 

Journal  of  the  Committee  of  States. 

365.  Journal  /  of  the  /  Committee  of  The 
States  :  /  containing  /  The  Proceedings  /  from  / 
The  First  Friday  in  June,  17S4,  /  to  /  The  Sec- 
ond Friday  in  Augus"t,  17S4.  /  Published  by  or- 
der of  Congress.  /  Printed  by  John  Dunlap.  / 
Printer  to  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  As- 
sembled. /  M,DCC,Lxxxiv.  8".     pp.  47. 

1785. 

Jan.  21.     Treaty  with  Indians. 

366.  Articles  of  a  Treaty,  /  Concluded  at  Fort 
M'Intosh,  (he  21st  day  of  January  1785,  between  / 
the  Commissioners  Plenipotentiary  of  the  United 
States  of  Ame- /rica  of  the  one  part,  and  the 
Sachems  and  Warriors  of  the  Wiandot,  Dela-  / 
ware,  Chippawa  and  Ottawa  Nations  of  the 
other.  /  F«.     i  1.     P.L. 

Feb.  2.     Proclamation  in  re  Counterfeits. 

367.  Proclamation  /  By  the  United  States  in 

Con-  /  gress  assembled  / /  [signed]  Richard 

Henry  Lee.  F°.     I3roadside.     S. 

Feb.  23.     Report  on  Accounts. 

368.  The  Committee  consisting  of  Mr.  Will- 
iamson, Mr.  Stewart  /  and  Mr.  Hardy,  to  whom 
were  referred  a  Letter  from  the  Su-  /  preme  Ex- 
ecutive of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  dated  20th 
De-  /  cember;  a  Letter  dated  24th  January,  from 
William    Denning,    /    Esquire,    Auditor   of  Ac- 


369-376] 


Feb.  23 — April  6,  1785. 


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counts;    and  sundry  other  Letters  and  Papers  — 
beg  leave  to  report,  /  F°.     Broadside.     S.D. 

The   following  was   adopled,  as  the  result  of  this  re- 
port :  — 

Feb.  23.     Resolutions  on  Accounts. 

369.     By  the  United  States  in  Con-  /  gress  as- 
sembled. /  February  23,  17S5. 

F".     Broadside. 


S. 


Mar. 


Report  on  Southern  Indians. 

370.  The  Committee  consisting  of  Mr.  Hardy, 
Mr.  Houston,  Mr.  Read,  /  Mr.  Williamson,  and 
Mr.  Holten,  to  whom  was  referred  the  Report  of 

,  a  /  Committee  on  the  State  of  Southern  Indian 
Affairs,  beg  /  leave  to  submit  the  following  Re- 
port. /  F°.     Broadside.     P.L. 
Agreed  to,  Mar.  15,  17S5. 

Mar.  14.     French  Duties. 

371.  State  /  of  the  /  Duties  /  Payable  by  Ves- 
sels of  the  /  United  States  /of/  America,  /  In 
the  Ports  of  Marseilles,  Bayonne,  I'Orient,  /  and 
Dunkirk.  /  Published  by  Order  of  the  Honorable 
John  Jay,  Esquire,  /  Secretary  of  the  L'nited 
States,  for  the  Department  of/  Foreign  Affairs. 
/  New-York:  /  Printed  and  Sold  by  F.  Childs 
and  Co.  No.  17  Duke-Street. 

F«.     pp.  19.     V.S.,  S.D. 

Mar.  17.     Report  on  Accounts. 

372.  The  Committee  consisting  of  Mr.  Gerry, 
Mr.  William-  /  son  and  Mr.  Hardy,  to  whom 
were  referred  a  Motion  of/  Mr.  Gerry,  and  a 
Motion  of  Mr.  Howell,  submit  the  fol-  /  lowing 
Resolves.  F°.     Broadside.     S.D. 

Mar.  18.     Report  on  Secretary  of  Congress. 

373.  The  Committee  consisting  of  Mr.  How- 
ell, Mr.  Monroe,  Mr.  Pinck-/  ney,"Mr.  R.  R.  Liv- 
ingston and  Mr.  Gardner,  appointed  to  revise  the 
Insti-  /  tution  of  the  Office  of  the  Secretary  of 
Congress,  and  to  report  such  Altera-  /  tions  as 
they  may  judge  necessary,  —  beg  leave  to  report 
the  following  Draft  /  of  an  Ordinance,  /  An  Or- 
dinance for  the  Regulation  of  the  Office  of  [MS. 
"the"]  Secretary  of/  Congress,  and  for  extend- 
ing it  to  the  Home  Department. 

F".     Broadside.     S.D, 
Discussed    and    amended    after    its   introduction,   and 
adopted  on  Mar.  31,  as  follows:  — 

Mar.  31.     Ordinance  of  Secretary  of  Congress. 

374.  By  the  L'nited  States  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled/March 31,  17S5.  /  An  Ordinance  for 
the  Regulation  of  the  Office  /  of  the  Secretarv  of 
Congress.  /  F".     Broadside.     P.L.,  V.S. 

Apr.  I,     Report  on  Western  Posts. 

375.  The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  a 
Motion  of  Mr.  /  R.  R.  Livingston,  and  two  Mo- 
tions of  Mr.  >Ionroe,  relative  to  /  the  Western 
Posts,  together  with  a  Letter  from  Major  / 
North, —  submit  the  following  Report.  / 

F".     Broadside.     S.D. 
Considered  on  Apr.  i  and  7.     P'roni  the  reference  to  the 
letter  of  North,  under  date  of  Mar.  22,  in  the  journals, 
the  committee  was  apparently  EUery,  Howell,  and  Will- 
iamson. 

Apr.  6.     Report  on  Slavery. 

376.  The  Committee  consisting  of.  Sec.  to 
whom  was  refer-  /  red  a  Motion  of  Mr.  King,  for 
the  Exclusion  of  invo-  /  kmtary  Servitude  in  the 
States  described  in  the  Resolve  of  Con-  /  gress 


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[377-385 


of  the  23d  Day  of  April,  17S4,  submit  the  fol- 

lowinsf  Resolve.  /   

40.     Broadside.     S.D. 

Kinsj  m.ide  his  motion  ISIar.  16,  17S5,  and  it  \v:is  cnni- 
iiiittcil  the  s:inie  dav  t<i  a  committee  composed  of  Kino^, 
Howell,  and  Ellerv.'  This  is  their  report,  recommending 
the  limitation  of  slavery  in  the  North  West  to  the  period, 
before  iSoi,  and  for  the'return  of  fugitive  slaves.  It  was 
apparently  never  acted  upon, 

Apr.  15.     Report  on  Finances. 

377.  The  Gi-aiui  Coniinittee  to  whoin  was  re- 
/  fened  a  letter  from  the  superirvtendant  of  finance 

of  the  29th  of  April  /  last, submit  the  fol- 

lowinij  /  resolves  / po.    Broadside.     S.D. 

Apr.  18.     Report  on  Landais. 

378.  The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred 
the  Memorial  /  of  Mr.  P.  Lan<.lais.  Report, 

F».     1  1.     P.L.,  S.D. 

May.     Report  on  Money. 

379.  Propositions  respecting  the  Coinage  / 
of  Gold,  Silver,  and  Copper. 

F°.  pp.  12.  S.D. 
The  report  of  the  "  afrand  committee,"  consisting  of 
Howell,  Foster,  King,  Cook,  Smith,  Beatty,  Gardner,  Vi- 
nino-  Hindnian,  Monroe,  Williamson,  Pinckney,  and 
Houston,  with  the  plan  of  Robert  Morris,  (written  by 
Gouverneur  Morris)  dated  JaniKiry  15,  17S2,  and  "Notes 
on  the  Establishment  of  a,Money  Mint,  and  of  a  Comage 
for  the  United  States.  By  Mr.  Jefferson."  In  conse- 
qucnce  of  this  report,  Congress,  on  July  6,  1785,  adopted 
the  dollar  as  the  unit  of  coinage,  and  the  decimal  ratio. 

May  20.     Land  Office  Ordinance. 

380.  By  the  United  States  in  Con-  /  gress  As- 
sembled. /  April  23,  17S4.  /  [second  leaf]  May 
20,  17S5.  /  An  Ordinance  for  ascertaining  the 
Mode  of  disposing  of  Lands  /  rn  the  Western 
Territory-  F".     2  11.     V.S. 

On  Apr.  23,  17S4,  a  Gommittee,  consisting  of  Jefferson, 
Williamson,  Howell,  Gerry,  and  Read,  reported  "an  or- 
dinance establishing  a  Land  Office  for  the  United  States," 
which  had  been  draTtcd  by  Jefferson.  It  was  read  on  Apr. 
30,  and  postponed  till  Slay  7,  when,  according  to  the 
Journal,  it  was  read  for  the  first  time,  and  May  10  as- 
signed for  its  consideration.  It  was  not  again  taken  up 
till  May  2S,  17S4,  when  the  motion  to  consider  was  nega- 
tived. It  was  apparently  again  taken  up  on  Mar.  4,  17S5, 
and,  on  Mar.  16,  was  referred  to  a  committee  of  a  member 
of  each  state,  consisting  of  Long,  King,  Howell,  Johnson, 
Livijigston,  Stewart,  Gardner,  Henry,  Grayson,  Bull,  and 
Houston.  They  reported  "  an  Ordinance  for  ascertaining 
the  mode  of  disposing  of  lands  in  the  western  territory," 
on  Apr.  12,  the  dralVbeing  written  by  William  Grayson. 
This  was  considered  on  Apr.  14,  20,  22,  23,  26,  being 
printed  in  the  Journal  of  the  latter  day,  and  on  May  20 
was  read  a  tliird  time  and  adopted. 

June  7.     Resolutions  on  Soldiers  and  Sailors. 

38L  By  the  United  States  in  Congress  /  As- 
sembled. /  Jime  7,  17S5. 

Fo.     BrorKlside.     P.L. 

June  15.     Report  on  Indian  Treaties. 

382.  The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred 
the  Letters  of  the  Commissioners  authorised  to 
form  Treaties  with  the  In-  /  dian.  Tribes,  having 
conferred  with  the  said  Commissioners  /  upon 
the  subject  of  their  Letter,  and  the  Resolutions 
of  iStii  of  March,  /  directing  a  Treaty  to  be  held 
at  Port  St.  Vincent,  on  the  [blank]  /  day  of  June 
next,  Report,  /  F".  i  1.  S.D. 
July  4.     Report  on  Consular  Convention. 

383.  Office  for  Foreign  AfTarrs,  July  4,  1785.  / 
The  Secretary  of  the  United  States  /  for  the  De- 
partment of  Foreign  Affiiirs,  to  whom  was  re-  / 
t'erred  a  Copy  of  the  Convention  respecting 
French  and  /American  Consuls,  Reports,  / 
/  [signed]  John  Jay  F°.     pp.  9. 

Sec  No.  3po  and  395, 


S.D. 


384-395] 


July  13  — Oct.  13,  1785. 


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July  13.     Report  on  Commerce. 

384.  The  Committee  consisting  of  [blank]  to 
whom  was  referred  the  /  Motion  of  Mr.  Monroe, 
submit  the  following  Report.  /   / 

F°.     Broadside.     S.D. 
The   committee  was   Monroe,  Spaight,  Houston,  John- 
son, and  King. 

July  18.     Report  on  Supplies. 

385.  The  Grand  Committee  to  whom  was  re- 
committed a  Report  on  the  Subject  of  Supplies 
for  the  Year  One  /  Thousand  Seven  Hundred 
and  Eighty-five,  submit  the  following  Report. 

F".     Broadside.     S.D. 

The  committee  was  Howell,  Foster,  Kinij.Cook,  Smith, 

Dick,  Pettit,  Hindnian,  Monroe,  Pinckney,  and  Baldwin. 

July  27.     Resolution  on  State  Laws. 

386.  By  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled /July  27,  17S5.  / 

F".     Broadside.     P.L.,  S.D.,  S. 
Moved  by  Gerry. 
Aug.  17.     Representation  in  Congress. 

387.  By  the  United  States  /  in  Congress  as- 
sembled. 7  August  17,  17S5. 

F«.     Broadside.     V.S.,  S. 

Adopted  in  consequence  of  a  report  by  Gerry,  Hardy, 
and  Pinckney.  It  provides  that  a  monthly  return  of"  tlie 
attendance  of  the  delegates  be  transmitted  to  eacli  state. 
The  following  was  accordingly  printed  and  used  for  this 
purpose : — 

Aug.  17.     Representation  in  Congress. 

388.  A  State  of  the  Representation  in  Con- 
gress for  the  Month  /  of  [blank]  17S  [blank] 
pursuant  to  the  Act  of  the  7th  August,   17S5. 

F°.     Broadside.     S. 
Aug.  27.     Loan  Offices. 

389.  Board  of  Treasury,  /  August  27,  1785.  / 
/  [signed]  Samuel  Osgood,  /  Walter  Liv- 
ingston. F°.     I  1.     S.D. 

Report  on  the  Continental  Loan  Offices. 

Sept.  27.     Requisitions  for  1785. 

390.  By  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled /  September  27,  1785.  Fo.     2  11.     S. 

Sept.  29.     Marine  Ordinance. 

391.  Office  for  Foreign  Affairs,  29th  September, 
17S5.  /  The  Secretary  of  the  United  States,  forthe 
Department  of  Foreign  /Affairs,  in  Obedience  to 
the  Order  of  Congress,  reports  the  Draft  of  an 
Ordinance  for  the  Trial  of  Piracies  and  Felonies 
committed  on  /  the  High  Seas.  /  F°.     2  11. 

Prepared  by  John  Jay. 

Sept.  30.     Duties  of  Loan  Officers. 

392.  By  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled, /  September  30,  17S5.  F°.     I  1.     S. 

Oct.  3. 

393.  By  the  L'nited  States  in  Con-  /  gress  as- 
sembled /  October  3,  1785.     F°.     Broadside.     S. 

Oct.  12.     Resolution  on  Quotas. 

394.  By  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled, /  October  12,  17S5. 

F°.     Broadside.     S. 

Moved  by  Gerry. 

Oct.  13.     Report  on  Consuls. 

395.  Office  for  Foreign  Affairs,  /  October  13, 
17S5.  /  The  Secretary  of  the  United  States  for 
the  Depart-  /  ment  of  Foreign  Affairs,  to  whom 
was  referred  back  /  his  Report  of  the  19th  ult. 


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[396-403 


respecting  Consuls,  accompanied  with  a  motion 

of  the  same  date ;  /  Reports,  / /  [signed] 

John  Jav.  F*.     Broadside.     S.D.,"P.L. 

See  Nos.  360  and  395. 

Nov.  2. 

396.  By  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled /  November  2,  ijSv 

'  F".     Broadside.     S. 

Report  of  Grand  Committee. 

397.  The  Grand  Committee  consisting  of  Mr. 
/  Foster,  Mr.  Gerry,  Mr.  Howell,  Mr.  Cook,  Mr. 
Lawrence,  Mr.  Cad-  /  wallader,  Mr.  Pettit,  Mr. 
llindman,  Mr.  Hardy,  Mr.  Cumming,  Mr.  / 
Read  and  Mr.  Hoiistoun,  to  whom  were  com- 
mitted sundry  Motions,  /  Report,  / 

F^.     I  1.     S.D. 
Report  on  Pollock. 

398.  The  Committee  consisting  of  Mr.  Ger-  / 
ry.  Mr.  Ellery  and  Mr.  Wilson,  to  whom  was  re 
ferred  a  Petition  /  and  sundry  Papers  of  Mr.  Oli- 
ver Pollock,  late  an  Agent  of  the  /  United  States 
at  Havannah,  submit  the  following  Report. 

F".     Broadside.     S.D. 
Accounts  of  Morris. 

399.  A    Statement   of    the    Accounts    of    the 

United  States during  the  administration  of 

the  Superintendent  of  Finance  Commencing 
with  his  Appointment  on  the  2cth  .....  of  Feb- 
ruary, 17S1,  and  Ending  with  the  Resignation,  on- 

the  1st of  November,  1784.     Philadelphia: 

Printed  by  Robert  Aitken.     m,dcc.lxxxv.       F°. 

Printed  by  Morris  as  a  justification  of  his  management 
of  the  finances.  The  following  relates  to  the  same  sub- 
ject :  — 

Accounts  of  Morris. 

400.  Statements  /  of  the  /  Receipts  and  Ex- 
penditures /  of  Public  Money,  /  During  the  Ad- 
ministration of  the  Finances.  /  By  Robert  Mor- 
ris, Esquire,  /  late  Superintendant.  /  With  the 
Extracts  and  Accounts  from  the  Public  Records, 
/  Made  out  by  the  Register  of  the  Treasury.  /  By 
Direction  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  '/' 
appointed  by  an  order  of  the  House,  /  Of  the 
19th  of  March  179D,  Upon  the  Memorial  of  the 
Said  late  Superintendant  of  Finances.  / 

F°.     pp.  56,  4,  14. 
Sample  of  Journal.. 

401.  Journal  of  Congress.     241   [178^] 

F°.     Broadside.     S.D. 
A  specimen  leaf,  accompanying  DunJap's  proposition 
for  printing  the  Journals  in  folio. 

Journal.     1784-5. 

402.  Journal  /  of  the  /  United  States  /  In 
Congress  Assembled:  /  Containing  /  The  Pro- 
ceedings /  from  /  The  First  Monday  in  Novem- 
ber, 1784.  /  Published  by  order  of  Congress.  / 
Printed  by  John  Dunlap.  /  Printer  to  the  United 
States  in  /  Congress  Assembled.  /  m.dcc.lxxxv. 

8".     pp.  368. 

1786. 

Jan.  4.     Report  on  Revenues  and  Commerce. 

403.  By  the  United  Stales  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled. /  Jan.  2,  1786.  F".     2  11.     P.L. 

A  re.snliition  of  Congress,  of  Jan.  2,  calling  on  the  Sec- 
retiiry  of  Congress  lor  information  concerning  public 
measures,  and  his  reply,  dated  Jan.  4. 


404-412] 


Feb.  9—  May,  1786. 


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Feb.  9.     Report  on  Finances. 

404.  The  report  of  a  Committee,  ap- /  pointed 
to  consider  wiiether  any  and  what  Measures  / 
mav  be  necessary  for  Congress  to  adopt,  in  pur- 
suance /  of  their  Recommendations  to  tlie  se-  / 
veral  States  on  the  iSth  of  April,  17S3. 

po.     Broadside.     P.L. 
Made  by  Monroe,  Johnson,  Symincs,  :ind  Livermore. 

Feb.  15.     Report  on  Impost. 

405.  The  Committee,  consisting  of  Mr.  King, 
Mr.  /  Pinckney,  Mr.  Kean,  Mr.  Monroe,  and  Mr. 
Pettit,  to  whom  were  referred  several  /  Reports 
and  Documents  concerning  the  System  of  Gen- 
eral /  Revenue,  recommended  bv  Congress  on 
the  iSth  of  April,  1783,  —  /  RepoVt,  / 

po.     I  1.     S.D. 
Mar.  3.     Report  on  Impost.       * 

406.  United  States  in  Congress  assembled,  / 
March  3,  1786.  F-^.     Broadside.     S.D. 

Made  by  Kean,  Gorham,  Pinckney,  Smith,  and  Gray- 
son. 

Mar.  8.     Resolution  on  \A^estern  Territory. 

407.  Motion  /  of  /  Mr.  Dane.  / 

F".     Broadside.     S.D. 

Mar.  18.     Report  on  Militia. 

408.  A  /  Plan  /  for  the  /  General  Arrange- 
ment /  of  the  /  Militia  /  of  the  /  United  States.  / 
The  regulations  for  the  discipline  and  govern- 
ment /  of  the  Militia,  will  be  submitted  here- 
after. /  8".     pp.  34.     B.A. 

The  Introductory  matter  (pages  1-2)  precedes  this  title 
page,  and  is  signed  "  H.  Knox,  War-OfBce,  iSth  March, 
17S6." 

Mar.  24.     Report  on  Departments. 

409.  The  Committee,  consisting  of  /  Mr. 
Pinckney,  Mr.  Dane,  Mr.  Monroe,  Mr.  Johnson 
/  and  Mr.  King,  to  whom  were  referred  a  Re- 
port from  /  the  Board  of  Treasury,  on  revising 
the  system  adopted  /  for  the  Settlement  of  the 
Accounts  of  the  Five  /  Great  Departments,  and 
containing  such  Alterations  therein,  as  would,  in 
their  opinion,  /  be  more  conducive  to  a  speedy 
and  just  Settlement  of  /  the  said  Accounts  — 
recommend  it  be  /  Resolved,   

F^     Broadside.     S.D, 
Apr.  8.     Plan  of  Mint. 

410.  (i)  /  Board  of  Treasury,  April  8,  17S6. 

4°.     pp.  28.     S.D. 

Reports  on  a  Mint,  and  coinage,  by  S.  Osgood  and 
Walter  Livingston.     See  Xo.  426. 

May  17.     Treaty  with  Prussia. 

411.  The  United  States  in  Congress  as- 
sembled :  /  To  all  whom  these  Presents  shall 
come  Greeting.  F".     Broadside.     S. 

May  .'     Report  on  Confederation. 

412.  A  Motion  of  Mr.  Dane  /  That  a  Com- 
mittee of  five  be  appointed  to  examine  how  far 
the  several  States  /  have  complied  with,  and 
adopted  the  Alteration  of  the  Eighth  Article  of 
the  /  Confederation  and  perpetual  Union,  rec- 
ommended by  Congress,  April  iS,  17S3,  /  and  to 
consider  and"  report,  what  further  Measures  are 
proper  to  be  adopted  by  Con-  /  gress,  for  carry- 
ing into  Effect  a  Federal  Rule  for  apportioning 
Federal  Taxes  /  on  the  several  States.  /  The 
Committee  consisting  of  Mr.  Dane,  Mr.  Gray- 
son, Mr.  Mitchell,  Mr.  Monroe,  and  Mr.  Kean, 


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May  31  —Aug.  2,  1786. 


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to  whom  was  referred  the  Motion  of  Mr.  Dane,  / 
of  February  27,  17S6,  . . .  /  Report  . . . 

F°.     I  1.     S.D. 
There  is  nothing  to  settle  the  <1.ite  of  this  report  by,  but 
it  was  clearly  made  in  the  latter  part  of  April,  or  in  May, 
17S6. 

May  31.     Report  on  Articles  of  War. 

413.  The  Committee  consisting  of  Mr.  St. 
Clair,  /  Mr.  Lee  and  Mr.  Lawrence,  to  whom 
was  referred  a  Report  of/  the  Secretary  at  War, 
on  the  Articles  of  War  and  Court-Mar-  /  tial  re- 
port as  follows  :    . . .  F".     2  11.     P.L. 

Considered  and  adopted  on  the  above  dale.  They  are 
rules  for  the  administration  of  justice  in  the  army,  and 
were  embodied  in  subsequent  editions  of  the  "  Rules  and 
Articles." 

June  16.     Report  on  Congress. 

414.  Your  Committee  beg  leave  to  Report,  — 

F".     Broadside.     S.D. 

Endorsed  "  Lee  King-  Kean  to  report  the  power  which 

Congress  may  rightfully  exercise  to  compel  the  attendance 

of  the  members."     "  Sixty  Copies  receiv'd  June  16,  17S6. 

Printed  by  Mr.  Swain." 

June  ?     Report  on  Indian  Ordinance. 

415.  The  Committee  consisting  of  Mr.  Pinck- 
ney,  Mr.  Morse,  and  Mr.  King,  appointed  to 
form  /  an  Ordinance  for  the  compleat  Arrange- 
ment and  Government  of  the  Indian  Depart-  / 
ment,  —  submit  the  following  to  the  considera- 
tion of  Congress.  —  /  An  Ordinance  for  Regu- 
lating the  Indian  Department.        F°.     i  1.     S.D. 

According  to  the  endorsement,  this  was  made  in  June. 
The  first  mention  of  it  in  the  printed  yournals  is  under 
July  20,  when  Congress  "  resumed  the  consideration  "  of 
it.     See  under  Aug.  7,  17S6. 

June  22.     Report  of  Board  of  Treasury. 

416.  Board  of  Treasury,  June  22,  17S6  [at 
end]  Samuel  Osgood,  Walter  Livingston,  Arthur 
Lee.  F".     2  11.     P.L. 

A  report  on  the  requisitions  for  the  year. 

June  27.     Resolutions  on  Court  of  Appeal. 

417.  By  the  United  States,  /  in  Congress  as- 
sembled,/June  27,  1786.        Fo.     Broadside.     S. 

July  I.     Receipts  and  Expenditures. 

418.  General  Account  of  the  Receipts  and  Ex- 
penditures of  the  United  States  /  From  1st  De- 
cember, 17S5,  to  30th  June   1786.  /    /  July 

1,  1786. /J.  Nourse.       F".     Broadside.     V.S.,  S. 

July  7.     Report  on  Western  Territory. 

419.  The  grand  Committee,  consisting  of/ 
[blank]  to  whom  were,  /  among  other  Things, 
referred  a  motion  of  Mr.  Monroe,  respecting  the 
Ces-  /  sions  and  Division  of  Western  Lands  and 
/  Territory,  —  /  Report,  — 

F".     Broadside.     S.D. 

July  14.     Resolutions  on  Delegates. 

420.  By  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled. 7  July  14th,  17S6.  Fo.     Broadside. 

July  26.     Draft  of  Indian  Ordinance. 

421.  An  Ordinance,  &c.    F^.  Broadside.   S.D. 
For  the  regulation  of  Indian  affairs. 

Aug.  2.     Requisitions  for  1786. 

422.  By  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled. /  August  2,  1786.         F".     I  1.     S.D.,  S. 

See  No.  416. 


42  3-431] 


Aug.  7  —  Oct.  23,  1786. 


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Aug.  7.     Indian  Ordinance. 

423.  By  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled. /  August  7,  17S6.  /  An  Ordinance  for 
the  Regulation  of  Indian  Affairs. 

F".     I  1.     S.,  S.D. 
Aug.  22.     Report  on  Impost. 

424.  The  Committee,  consisting  of  Mr.  John- 
son, Mr.  King,  Mr.  Pinckney,  Mr.  Monroe  and 
Mr.  Grayson,  to  /  whom  was  referred  a  Letter 
from  his  Excellency  the  Governor  of  New- York, 
of  the  i6th  instant,  —  /  Report,  —  / 

F°.     Broadside.     S.D. 
Adopted  Aug.  23. 

Sept.  18.     Resolutions  on  Loan  Offices. 

425.  By  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled /  September  18,  17S6. 

F°.     Broadside.     P.L. 

Sept.  20.     Report  on  Mint. 

426.  An  Ordinance  for  the  Establishment  of 
the  Mint  of  the  United  /  States  of  America;  and 
for  Regulating  the  Value  and  Alloys  of  Coin.  / 

/  [signed]  Samuel  Osgood,  /  Arthur  Lee. 

/  Board  of  Treasury,  September  20,  17S6. 

po.     I  1.     S.D. 
Reported  in  pursuance  of  an  order  of  Congress,  of  Aug. 
8.     See  Xos.  409  and  429. 

Sept.  21.     Report  on  North  West  Territory. 

427.  The  Committee,  consisting  of  Mr.  John- 
son, Mr.  Pinckney,  Mr.  Smith,  Mr.  Dane  and 
Mr.  /  Henry,  appointed  to  prepare  a  Plan  of  a 
Temporary  Government  for  /  such  Districts,  or 
new  States,  as  shall  be  laid  out  by  the  United 
States,  upon  the  Principles  of/  the  Acts  of  Ces- 
sion from  individual  States,  and  admitted  into 
the  Confederacy,  —  /  Submit  the  following  Re- 
port to  the  Consideration  of  Congress.  /   

F°.     I  1.     S.D. 
Considered  Sept.  29  and  Oct.  4. 

Oct.  13.     Ordinance  for  Liquidation. 

428.  An  Ordinance  for  Establishing  a  Board, 
to  Li-  /  quidate  and  Settle  all  Accounts  between 
the  Uni-/  ted  States,  and  the  Individual  States. 

F°.     Broadside.     V.S. 

On  Oct.  5  Congress  considered  the  report  of  a  commit- 
tee, consisting  of  Smith,  Long,  Johnson,  Bull,  Carring- 
ton,  Henry,  and  Kean,  to  whom  this  subject  had  been  re- 
ferred, in  "consequence  of  molions  of  King  and  the  dele- 
gates of  Virginia.  It  was  again  considered  on  the  S,  12, 
and  13  of  October,  on  the  latter  day  being  agreed  to. 

Oct.  16.     Ordinance  of  Mint. 

429.  An  Ordinance  for  the  Establishment  of 
the  Mint  /  of  the  United  States  of  America,  and 
for  regula-  /  ting  the  value  of  alloy  of  Coin.  / 

po.     Broadside.     S. 
See  Xos.  409  and  426. 

Oct.  20.     Report  on  Indians. 

430.  By  the  United  States  in  /  Congress  as- 
sembled. /  October  20,  17S6.  /  The  Committee 
consisting  of  Mr.  Pettit,  Mr.  Lee,  Mr.  Pinckney, 
/  Mr.  Henry  and  Mr.  Smith,  to  whom  was  re- 
ferred the  Letter  from  /  the  War  Olhce  with  Pa- 
pers enclosed  containing  Intelligence  /  of  the 
hostile  Intentions  of  the  Indians  in  the  Western 
Coun-  /  trv  having  Reported  : 

po.     Broadside.     V.S. 

Oct.  23.     Report  on  State  Laws. 

431-  By  the  United  States  in  Con-  /  gress  as- 
sembled. /  October  23,  1786.  /  The  Committee, 
consisting  of  Mr.  Pinckney,  Mr.  Smith  and  Mr. 


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[432-438 


Henry,  to  whom  was  /  referred  an  Act  of  the 
Legislature  of  the  State  of  Georgia,  Passed  in 
consequence  of  the  Resolution  of/  the  30th  April, 
respecting  Commerce,  and  the  Subject  of  said 
Recommendations,  having  Re-  /  ported  — 

Fo.     Broadside.     V.S.,  S.D. 
Foreign  Loans. 

432.  Schedule  of  the  French  and  Dutch  / 
Loans,  /  Shewing  the  Periods  of  their  Redemp- 
tion, with  the  annual  Interest  payable  thereon 
until  their  final  Ex-  /  tinction,  for  which  Pro- 
vision is  yet  to  be  made.  F^     i  1.     S.D. 

Loan  Office. 

433.  Resolution  and  Extracts  /  From  the  / 
journal  of  the  Honorable  the  Congress,  /  rela- 
tive to  the  Continental  Loan-Offices  /  in  the  sev- 
eral States;  /  and  /  certain  Letters,  passed 
between  Robert  /  Morris,  Esq;  Superintendant 
of  Finance  —  /  the  Board  of  Treasury  of  the 
United  /  States  /  and  /  Abraham  Yates,  Jun. 
Esq;  late  Commis- /  sioner  of  the  Continental 
Loan  Office  of  /  the  State  of  New-York.  / 
Printed  at  Albany,  by  Charles  R.  Webster,  No. 
36  State-street  near  the  English  Church.  / 
M.DCC.LXXXVI  i2mo.      pp.  31. 

Printed  bv  Abraham  Yates,  as  a  personal  vindication  of 
himself.  C'f.  Journals  for  17S6,  pages  6S,  69;  for  17S7, 
page  1S7. 

Accounts. 

434.  Accounts  of  the  U.  S.  with  the  States.  / 
17S6  /  Dr.  and  Cr.  F".     pp.  82.     B.A. 

Prepared  by  J.  Nourse. 

JournaL     1785-6. 

435.  Journal  /  of  the  /  United  States  /  In 
Congress  Assembled  :  /  containing  the  /  Pro- 
ceedings /  from  /  The  3d  Day  of  November, 
17S5.  /  To  /  The  3d  Day  of  November,  1786.  / 
Volume  XII.  /  Published  by  Order  of  Congress. 
/  Printed  by  John  Dunlap.  S".     pp.  267,  xvi. 

Both  the  title-page  and  index  style  this  volume  XII, 
though  really  xi. 

1787. 
Jan.  I.     Schedule  of  Requisitions. 

436.  Schedule  of  Requisitions  on  the  several 
States  by  the  United  States  in  Congress  as- 
sembled; /  Of  loth  Sept.  17S2 — 30th  Oct.  1781, 
and  27th  and  2Sth  April,  17S4  —  Of  the  27th 
Sept.  17S5,  —  and  of  2d  August,  1786  —  Shewing 
the  Qiiotas  assigned  to  each,  the  Amount  /  paid 
thereon,  and  the  Balances  due  / /  Treas- 
ury of  the  United  States  /  Register's  Office  [in 
MS.  "  I  January  17S7  Joseph  Nourse,  Register"]. 

Oblong  f''.     Broadside.     S.D. 

Apr.  13.     Letter  to  the  States. 

437.  United  States  in  Congress  assem-  /  bled, 
/  April  13,  1787.  /  The  following  Letter  was 
unanimously  agreed  to.  F°.     pp.  (3).     S.D. 

Prepared  by  John  Jay. 

Apr.  16.     Accounts. 

438.  The  Boaid  of  Treasury  to  whom  was  re- 
ferred a  motion  for  repealing  the  ordi-  /  nance 
of  the  13th  of  October  last,  and  that  the  Board 
be- directed  to  report  an  ordi-  /  nance  for  the  ex- 
peditious and  equitable  settlement  o(  the  accounts 
between  the  United  /  States  and  the  Individual 
States,  —  Beg  leave  to  report  the  following  ordi- 
nance :  —  /Be  it  Ordained  by  the  United  States 


439-448] 


April  21 — Sept.  25,  1787. 


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in  Congress  Assembled.  /  [signed]  Samuel  Os- 
good, /  Walter  Livingston.  /  April  i6,  1787. 

F".     Broadside.     S.D. 

Apr.  21.     Resolutions  on  Western  Lands. 

439.  Bv  the  United  States  in  Congress  /  as- 
sembled, /  April  2ist,  17S7. 

F°.     Broadside.     V.S. 

Apr.     Report  on  Land  Ordinance. 

440.  The  Committee,  consisting  of  Mr.  Car- 
rington.  Mr.  Varnum.  Mr.  Clarke.  Sir.  King  and 
Mr.  /  Hawkins,  to  whom  was  referred  a  motion 
of  ^Ir.  Carrington  for  revising  the  ordinance  for 
sur-  /  veying  and  selling  the  western  territory, 
—  report  as  follows  :  /   

F".     Broadside.     S.D. 

May  9.     Government  of  Western  Territory. 

4di.  An  Ordinance  for  the  government  of  the 
Western  Territory.  F^      i  1.     D.S. 

June.     Post  Office  Ordinance. 

442.  An  Ordinance  /  for  regulating  the  Post- 
Office  of  the  United  States  of  America. 

po.     S.D. 

Read  the  first  time  Feb.  14. 

July  10.     Report  on  Parsons. 

443.  The  Committee  consisting  of  [blank]  to 
whom  was  /  referred  the  Memorial  of  Samuel 
Ilolden  Parsons,  /  Esquire,  report  as  follows.  / 
po.     Broadside.     S.D. 

July  II.     Proposed  Ordinance  of  1787. 

443.*  An  Ordinance  for  the  Government  of 
the  /  Territory  of  the  United  States,  Northwest 
/  of  the  River'Ohio.  F^.     i  1.     C. 

July  13.     Ordinance  of  1787. 

444.  An  Ordinance  for  the  Governn)ent  of  the 
Territo-  /  rv  of  the  United  States,  North-West 
of  the  River  /  Ohio.  F".     i  1.     V.S. ,  S.D. 

July  18.     Treaty  with  Morocco. 

445.  The  United  States  of  America,  in  /Con- 
gress assembled.  /  To  All  who  shall  see  these 
Presents,  Greeting.  F°.     2  11.     V.S. 

July  20.     Report  on  Indian  Affairs. 

446.  The  Secretary  of  the  United  States  for 
the  depart-  /  inent  of  War,  to  whom  were  referred 
certain  Papers  /  transmitted  by  the  Superintend- 
ant  of  Indian  Af-  /  fairs  for  the  Northern  depart- 
ment. /  Reports,  /   [Signed]   H.   Knox  / 

War  Office,  July  20,  17S7.  F'\     i  1.     S.D. 

Aug.  3.     Report  on  Southern  Indians. 

447.  The  Committee  consisting  of  Mr.  Kear- 
ney. Mr.  Car-  /  rington,  Mr.  Bingham,  Mr. 
Smith  and  Mr.  Dane.  /  to  whom  was  referred 
the  Report  of  the  Secretary /at  War,  and  Sundry 
Papers  relative  to  Indian  Affairs  in  /  the 
Southern  Department;  and  also  a  motion  of  the 
/  Delegates  from  the  State  of  Georgia.  /  Report, 
/  F".     I  1.     S.D. 

See  Journals  for  Oct.  10,  17S6. 

Sept.  25.     Requisitions  for  1787. 

448.  Schedule  of  Requisitions  on  the  several 
Stales  by  the  U.  S.  in  Congress  assembled ;  / 
/  [signed]  Joseph  Nourse. 

Oblong  f-.     V.S. 


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Sept.  28,  1787  — Jan.  i,  1788. 


[449-457 


Sept.  28.     Report  of  Board  of  Treasury. 

449.  The  Board  of  Treasury,  to  whom  "  it 
was  /  referred  to  report  a  Requisition  for  the  cur- 
rent vear,  in  /eluding  one  year's  Interest  on  the 
Foreign  Debt,  and  such  part  /  of  the  Principal 
as  inav  become  due  in  the  ensuing  year;  and  / 
providing  for  the  Payment  of  one  year's  Interest 
on  the  Do-  /  mesticDebt,  in  a  mode  most  con- 
venient to  the  States,  and  /  advantageous  to  the 
Union."  /  Beg  leave  with  great  Deference  to  rep- 
resent to  Congress,  /  4''-     PP-  H-     V.S. 

See  No.  453. 
Sept.  28.     Proposed  Constitution. 

450.  We  the  People  of  the  United  States,  in 
order  to  /  form  a  more  perfect  Union,  establish 
Justice,  /  insure  domestic  Tranquility,  provide 
for  the  /  common  Defense,  promote  the  general 
Wei-  /  fare,  and  secure  the  Blessings  of  Liberty 
to  /  ourselves  and  our  Posterity,  do  ordain  and  / 
establish  this  Constitution  for  the  United  / 
States  of  America.  F°.     pp.  4-     S.D. 

This  is  the  edition  of  the  proposed  Constitution,  printed 
for  the  Contlnent;il  Congress. 

Sept.     Report  on  Civil  List. 

451.  The  Committee,  consisting  of  Mr.  Dane, 
Mr.  Clark,  Mr.  Varnum,  Mr.  Lee,  and  Mr.  Gray- 
son to  /  whom  it  was  referred  to  consider  what 
Officers  /  in  the  Civil  Department  are  become 
unneces-  /  sarv  ;  and  to  whom  also  was  referred 
a  Motion  of /Mr.  Dane,  respecting  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  /  Treasury  —  report  the  following 
Resolutions.  / F".     Broadside,     S.D. 

Oct.  3.     Resolutions  on  Frontier  Troops. 

452.  By  the  United  States  in  Con-  /  gress  As- 
sembled. 7  October  3,  1787. 

F".     Broadside.     S. 

Oct.  II.     Requisitions  for  1787. 

453.  By  the  United  States  in  Con-  /  gress  as- 
sembled /  October  11,  17S7. 

Fo.     2  11.     S.,  P.L. 

Report  of  the  Coiiimittee  on  the  Report  of  the  Board  of 
Treasury  (No.  449). 

Oct.  12.     Report  on  Northern  Indians. 

454.  The  Cominittee,  consisting  of  Mr.  Dane, 
Mr.  Hawkins,  Mr.  Kean,  Mr.  Irvine,  and  Mr.  / 
Carrington,  to  whom  were  referred  the  Report 
of  the  Secretary  at  War.  and  sundry  Pa  /  pers 
relative  to  Indian  Affairs  in  the  Northern  Depart- 
ment; —  Report  in  Part:  /  F''.  Broadside.   S.D. 

Instructions  for  Indian  Superintendents. 

455.  Instructions  to  [MS.  "  the"]  /  Superin- 
tendant  of  Indian  Aftairs  for  the  [  J  De- 
partment. /                            F°.     Broadside.     P.L. 

Journals.     1786-7. 

456.  Journal  /  of  the  /  United  States  /  In 
Congress  Assembled  :  /  containing  /  The  Pro- 
ceedings /  from  /  The  Sixth  Day  of  November, 
17S6,  /  to  /  The  Fifth  Day  of  November,  1787.  / 
Vol.  XII.  /  Published  by  Order  of  Congress.  / 
M,DCC,LXXxvii.  8°.     pp.  255,  (9). 

1788. 

Jan.  I.     Schedule  of  Requisitions. 

457.  Schedule  /  Of  the  Requisitions  on  the 
several  Slates,  by  the  United  States  in  Congress 
assembled;   /   C5f    10th   Sept.    1782;    30th   Oct. 


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Jan.  I — Aug.  20,  1788. 


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17S1,  and  27th  and  2Sth  April,  17S4;  Of  27th 
Sept.  1785,  2d  Aug.  17S6;  and  of  nth  Oct.  1787: 
/  Shewing  the  Q^iotas  assigned  to  each,  the 
Amount    paid    thereon,  and    the    Balances   due. 

[31   March   17S8]  /  [signed]    Treasury  of 

the  United  States,  /  Register's  OfYice.  [in  MS. 
"Joseph  Nourse  /  Register"]. 

Oblong  fo.     Broadside.     S.D. 
Endorsed,  in   ink,  "  ist  J;inuary  17SS.    Josupli  Nourse 
Register." 

Mar.  19.     Report  on  Land  Ordinance. 

458.  A  Supplement  to  an  Ordinance  entitled, 
"An  /  Ordinance  for  ascertaining  the  mode  of 
Disposing  of  Lands  in  the  Western  Territory."  / 

F".     I  1.     P.L. 
See  Xo.  ^63. 

May.     Report  on  Western  Lands. 

459.  The  Committee,  consisting  of  Mr.  Wads- 
worth,  Mr.  Irvine,  and  Mr.  White,  to  whom  was 
referred  the  /  Petition  of  the  French  and  Amer- 
ican inhabitants  of  Post  St.  Vincent's  and  tiie  Il- 
linois, by  their  Agent,  Mr.  Tardiveau,  /  beg 
leave  to  report.  That  as  there  is  much  uncer- 
tainty about  the  possessions  of  the  inhabitants 
of  the  Country  upon  the  Wabash  /  and  Missi- 
sippi  [sic]  rivers,  and  the  quantity  of  land  that 
they  may  be  entitled  respectively  to  hold  and  en- 
joy, by  rights  acquired  /  before  they  became  sub- 
jects of  the  United  States;  in  order  to  quiet  their 
minds,  to  maintain  them  in  their  just  rights,  and 
/  extend  to  them  the  liberality  of  the  United 
States,  they  submit  the  following  resolutions, 
vis.  /   F".     Broadside.     S.D. 

June  II.     Report  on  Invalids. 

460.  By  the  United  States  in  Congress  /  as- 
sembled, /June  II,  /  1788.  /  On  the  report  of  a 
Committee  consisting  of  Mr.  Dane,  /  Mr.  Ham- 
ilton and  Mr.  Brown,  .../...  who  were  ordered 
to  take  into  Consideration  the  Invalid  Esta-  / 
blishment:  F".     Broadside.     V.S. 

June  20.     Report  on  Morgan. 

461.  The  Committee  consisting  of  [blank]  to 
whom  was /referred  the  Memorial  of  George  Mor- 
gan, and  his  associates,  respecting  a  tract  of  land 
in  the  /  Illinois  country,  on  the  Missisippi,  [sic] 
beg  leave  to  report,  .../    F".    Broadside.    S.D. 

The    committee    was    Williamson,    Dane,   Carrington, 
Kearney,  and  Winjfate. 

June  20.     Resolutions  on  Morgan. 

462.  By  the  United  States  in  Congress  /  as- 
sembled, /  June  20  17SS.     Fo.     Broadside.     P.L. 

The  report  (No.  461)  as  adopted  by  the  Congress. 

July  9.     Land  Ordinance. 

463.  By  the  United  States  in  Congress  /  as- 
sembled/July 9,  178S.  /  A  Supplement  to  an 
ordinance  entitled  "An  Ordinance  for  as-  /  cer- 
taining  the  Mode  of  disposing  of  lands  in  the 
Western  Territory."         F'^.     Broadside.     S.V.S. 

A  different  draft  from  N0.45S,  reported  July  2,  by  Dane, 
Clark,  Baldwin,  Williamson,  and  Edwards. 

Aug.  20.     Report  on  Requisitions  for  1788. 

464.  By  the  United  States  in  Congress  as- 
sembled,  /  Wednesday,  August  20,    178S. 

po.      I  1.     P.L.,  S. 
Made  hj'  Clark,  Dane,  Williamson,  Bingham,  and  Bald- 


56] 


Sept.  i — Sept.  13,  1788. 


[465-470 


Sept.  I.     Proclamation  in  re  Cherokees. 

465.  By  the  United  States  in  Congress  /  As- 
sembled, /  A  Proclamation.  /    /  Done  in 

Congress,  this  First  Day  of  September,  in  the 
Year  of  our  Lord  One  /  Thousand  Seven  Hun- 
dred and  Eightv-eight  . . .  /  Cyrus  Griffin,  Pres- 
ident. "       "  F°.   "Broadside.     V.S. 

Sept.  13.     Resolutions  in  re  New  Governments. 

466.  By  the  United  States  in  Congress  /  as- 
sembled, 7  September  13,  178S. 

po.     Broadside.     V.S.,  S. 
Appointing  a  day  for  the  new  government  to  assemble. 


Consular  Convention. 
467.        17S4. 

Convention  between  His 
most  I  Christian  Majesty 
and  the  thirteen  |  United 
States  of  North  America, 
for  I  the  purpose  of  deter- 
mining  and  fix-  |  ing  the 
functions  and  privileges  of 
I  their  respective  Consuls, 
vice-Con-  I  suls,  Agents  and 
Commissaries  | 


17SS. 

Convention  between  His 
Most  I  Christiim  Majestv 
and  the  United  |  States  of 
America,  for  tlic  purpose  | 
of  defining  and  establishing 
the  I  functions  and  prive- 
leges  of  their  res-  |  pective 
Consuls  and  vice-Consuls.  | 


4".     pp.  10.      S.D. 


Journals.     1787-9. 

468.  Journal  /  of  the  /  United  States  /in  Con- 
gress Assembled  :  /  Containing  the  /  Proceed- 
ings /  from  /  The  5th  Day  of  November,  1787.  / 
To  /  The  3d  Dav  of  November  17S8.  /  Volume 
Xlir.  /  Published  by  Order  of  Congress.  / 
Printed  by  John  Dunlap. 

8°.     pp.  170,  xcviii  (i),  .\.i. 

The  index  is  misprinted  Vol.  XIV. 

COLLECTED    WORKS. 

Collected  Journals.     Contemporary  Edition. 

These  volumes  were  printed  from  time  to  time  as  already 
(No.  79)  stated,  and  under  the  number  following  the  col- 
lation given  below  will  be  found  a  title  and  note  on  each. 
In  17S6  four  of  the  volumes  were  reprinted  by  order  of 
Congress,  and  these  reprints  are  included  in  this  series, 
as  they  are  the  volumes  usually  found  with  the  bound 
sets,  i'his  collation  is  made  from  a  comparison  of  three 
sets,  but  differs  in  several  particulars  from  those  given  in 
Satin,  No.  15545. 

Vol.1.     1774-5.     Aitken.     pp.  (2),  310,  (12).         No.  7gu 

Vol.11.     J776.     Dunlap.     pp.  (2;,  520,  xxvii.      No.  125. 

Vol.  III.     1777.     Dunlap.     pp.  603,  xxii.  No.  164. 

Vol.  III.     1777.     Patterson,     pp.  603,  xxii. 

Vol.  IV.     177S.    Claypoole.    pp.  (2J,  74S,  Ixxxix,  (4). 

No.  lyS. 

Vol.  V.     1779.    Claypoole.     pp.  464,  (15),  Ixxiv. 

No.  274. 

Vol.  \"I.     17S0.     Claypoole.     pp.  403,  xxxviii,  (3). 

No.  295. 

Vol.  VI.     17S0.     Dunlap.    pp.  257,  xliii.  No.  296. 

Vol.  VII.     17S1-2.     Claypoole.     pp.  522,  (4),  Ixxix. 

No.  321. 

Vol.  VII.     17S1-3.     Patterson,     pp.  522,  (17),  Ixxix. 

No.  322. 

Vol.  VIII.     i7S»-3.    Claypoole.    pp.  4S3. 

Vol.  IX.     17S3-.).     Dunlap.     pp.317,  xviii,47. 

Vol.X.     17S4-5.     Dunlap.     pp.  36S. 

Vol.  XI.     17S5-6.     Dunlap.     pp.  267,  xvi. 


No.  345. 
No.  364. 
No.  402. 
No.  435. 
No.  456. 


Vol.  XII.     1786-7.     No  printer,     pp.  255,  (9) 

Vol.  XIII.     17S7-9.     Dunlap.     pp.  170,  xcviii,  (i),  xi 

No.  46S. 

Collected  Journals.     Edition  of  1800. 

470.  Journals  /  of  /  Congress:  /  Containing 
their  /  Proceedings  /  from  September  5,  177^1,  to 
January  i.  1776.  /  Published  by  Authority.  / 
Vol.  I.  /  From  Folwell's  Press.  /  Philadelphia. 
/  1800.  13  vols.     8°. 


47i»  472] 


Collected  Works. 


[57 


Vol.  I.    pp.  (2),  2S9,  (13). 
Vol.  II.     pp.  (2),4So,  {ii). 
Vol.  III.     pp.  (2),  46S,  (16). 
Vol.  IV.     PP.S37.  (4'2)- 
Vol.  V.     pp.  (2).  ^9,  (34). 
Vol.  VI.     pp.  (2),  176,  (22). 
Vol.  VII.    pp.396,  (iS). 
Vol.  VIII.    pp.337.  ('4)- 
Vol.  IX.     pp.  227,  (10;,  29. 
Vol.X.     pp.256,  (14). 
Vol.  XI.    pp.  19^,  (10). 
Vol.  XII.    pp.  169,  (5). 
Vol.  XIII.     pp.  192,  (2),  (5). 

Collected  Journals.     Edition  of  1823. 

471.  Journals  /of/  The  American  Congress: 
/  From  1774  to  1788.  /  In  Four  Volumes.  /  Vol- 
ume I:  /  From  September  5,  1774,  to  December 
31,  1776,  inclusive.  /  Washington  :  /  Printed  and 
Published  by  Way  and  Gideon.  /  1823. 

4  vols.     8°. 

Vol.1,     pp.  (2),  5SS,  xxviii. 
Vol.  II.    pp.  (2),  639,  xxxviii. 


Vol.  III.     pp.  (2),  740,  Iviii. 

pp.  (2),SSo,  62,  (2),  Ixvii. 


Vol.  IV. 


Secret  Journals. 

472.  Secret  Journals  /of/  The  Acts  and  Pro- 
ceedings /of/  Congress,  /  from  the  first  meet- 
ing thereof  to  the  dissolution  /  of  the  Confeder- 
ation, by  the  adoption  /  of  the  Constitution  of 
the  /  United  States.  /  Published  under  the  di- 
rection of  the  President  of  the  United  States, 
conformably  to  /  Resolution  of  Congress-  of 
March  27,  1818,  and  April  21,  1820.  /  Vol.  I.  / 
Boston  :  /  Printed  and  Published  by  Thomas  B. 
Wait.  /  1820.  4  vols.     8^ 

Vol.  I.     pp.  466. 
Vol.11,     pp.  587. 
Vol.  111.     pp.  614. 
Vol.  IV.    pp.  44S. 


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